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o f ocLJilibrium in nature. This is a terrific; vision for the inuul, Ther^
are prodigious relations between beings aud things; and in this inex­
haustible total, from the fledL to the san, not hi Jig d espiscs tbs other, for
all have need o f each other.
Light does not bear into the sky terrestrial perfumes without know­
ing what to do with iiituu, alld di-;'nbute.'j ibo planetary ess cnee
to the s !eeoy flowers. Every bird tlmt flics has round its foot thr
Lhro-iU o f in fu n y ; germination 15 equally displayed ia the outburst
o f ci meteor rind t.hr: peek o f the swa’ iow breaking the rgg, aud it places
the birth o f a worm n.nd the advent o f Socrates in the same parallel.
W here the telescope ends the m icroscope begins, and which o f the tu o
has the g n .id e -: sight? Y ou can choose, A patch o f green mold is
a p le i a d o f low ers, and a neLala is an ant-hill o f scars,— V i c t o r H u g o .

THE FIRE.

[An "sctlistit fur rsipLfl imj<iu1n.Lio]3iTHj:' vfjit;:', aud ^Irtvuiatic elTect,]

H L S d L hark, that knell ]
W hat ntcaii-i that bell—
Tlvtt rousing swell ?
[t dies, it sinks in parted [inks.

A^aiil It thrills ! A^ain it fills !
W aking, shaking, lejpii;;,;- higher,
Hoarse snd dce:j with embodied fin'1

See tiiat smoke 1 Sue that cloud!
Darker, denser, wider ^rowin^
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Rising, fall Nig, searching, blowing.
Again that stroke 1 See that crowd :
row< -
Rushing, pushing, sbosiLin;;, yelling,
L ove to save, each boson 1 swelling—-
Swelling, Swelling, swelling.