I’ll find philosophy in flowers,

Astronomy in heaven!

Yon morning-glory shuts its leaves,

A worm creeps out from under;

Ye volumes, take the hint she gives,

And let the book-worm wander!

I’ll scan no more old Virgil’s verse,

I’d rather scan the heavens;

I’ll leave the puzzling Rule-of-Three

At sixes and at sevens;