NOTES OF EXCURSIONS,
IN ILLUSTRATION OF THE
MODE OF INVESTIGATING GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA,
AND OF COLLECTING
ORGANIC REMAINS.
GEOLOGICAL EXCURSIONS.
———— "Let the moon
Shine on thee in thy solitary walk;
And let the misty mountain winds be free
To blow against thee; and in after years,
When these wild ecstasies shall be matured
Into a sober pleasure,—when thy mind
Shall be a mansion for all lovely forms,
Thy memory be a dwelling place
For all sweet sounds and harmonies, oh! then
If solitude, or fear, or pain, or grief
Should be thy portion, with what healing thoughts
Of tender joy wilt thou remember me
And these my benedictions!"