ANSWER TO OLD BOTANIST'S FAREWELL.
[For "The Press"] Why this farewell in mournful tone To wanderings in the. Alpine zone? ...', Some 'tragic muse distorts your views: '..' 'Why.'siglr on what you think is gone? '-*' A botanist so'steeped in lore ' Of Shale and-Peak, of Clifl and Tor. -'• Can give to nten with voice and peii .•Treasures-botanical v : ■.'. What many naturalists there are . Who would in afar Gladly imbibe when you- desoribe ■ I Tour treasured P*uoifolia. How many a one would steal or lie To,climb those glories e'er they die, V And-view above thrae treasures trove;-,... "' Eaottlia and Lyalii" Bemembet you haye seen all this— Have trod Cebnisia, Edelweiss, . AcipHylla, •' • • Treasured companions of the skies. '' '■ .''■,''■'•. - Twere well to give, good friend, before " "Sou fret and grieve with spirit soreYes, give to men, with voice and pen,. ' 'Those treasured gemsifrom Beak and TJar. J.F;P. -
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17127, 23 April 1921, Page 9
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140ANSWER TO OLD BOTANIST'S FAREWELL. Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17127, 23 April 1921, Page 9
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