for his private reading, -

Call him not old, whose visionary brain



Holds o'er the past its undivided reign.

For him in vain the envious seasons roll



Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

If yet the minstrel's song, the poet's lay,



Spring with her birds, or children with their play,

Or maiden's smile, or heavenly dream of art



Stir the few life-drops creeping round his heart, -

Turn to the record where his years are told, -



Count his gray hairs, - they cannot make him old!

END OF THE PROFESSOR'S PAPER.



[The above essay was not read at one time, but in several

instalments, and accompanied by various comments from different



persons at the table. The company were in the main attentive, with

the exception of a little somnolence on the part of the old



gentleman opposite at times, and a few sly, malicious questions

about the "old boys" on the part of that forward young fellow who



has figured occasionally, not always to his advantage, in these

reports.



On Sunday mornings, in obedience to a feeling I am not ashamed of,

I have always tried to give a more appropriatecharacter to our



conversation. I have never read them my sermon yet, and I don't

know that I shall, as some of them might take my convictions as a



personal indignity to themselves. But having read our company so

much of the Professor's talk about age and other subjects connected



with physical life, I took the next Sunday morning to repeat to

them the following poem of his, which I have had by me some time.



He calls it - I suppose, for his professional friends - THE

ANATOMIST'S HYMN, but I shall name it - ]



THE LIVING TEMPLE.

Not in the world of light alone,



Where God has built his blazing throne,

Nor yet alone in earth below,



With belted seas that come and go,

And endless isles of sunlit green,



Is all thy Maker's glory seen:

Look in upon thy wondrous frame, -



Eternal wisdom still the same!

The smooth, soft air with pulse-like waves



Flows murmuring through its hidden caves

Whose streams of brightening purple rush



Fired with a new and livelier blush,

While all their burden of decay



The ebbing current steals away,

And red with Nature's flame they start



From the warm fountains of the heart.

No rest that throbbing slave may ask,



Forever quivering o'er his task,

While far and wide a crimson jet



Leaps forth to fill the woven net

Which in unnumbered crossing tides



The flood of burning life divides,

Then kindling each decaying part



Creeps back to find the throbbing heart.

But warmed with that uchanging flame



Behold the outward moving frame,

Its living marbles jointed strong



With glistening band and silvery thong,

And linked to reason's guiding reins



By myriad rings in trembling chains,

Each graven with the threaded zone



Which claims it as the master's own.

See how yon beam of seeming white



Is braided out of seven-hued light,

Yet in those lucid globes no ray



By any chance shall break astray.

Hark how the rolling surge of sound,



Arches and spirals circling round,

Wakes the hushed spirit through thine ear



With music it is heaven to hear.

• gently [´dʒentli] ad.温和地；静静地 (初中英语单词)


• existence [ig´zistəns] n.存在；生存；生活 (初中英语单词)


• slightly [´slaitli] ad.轻微地；细长的 (初中英语单词)


• delicious [di´liʃəs] a.美味的，可口的 (初中英语单词)


• shallow [´ʃæləu] a.肤浅的；表面的 (初中英语单词)


• silently [´sailəntli] ad.寂静地；沉默地 (初中英语单词)


• overhead [´əuvə,hed] ad.当头 a.在头上的 (初中英语单词)


• remote [ri´məut] a.遥远的；偏僻的 (初中英语单词)


• forehead [´fɔrid] n.额，前部 (初中英语单词)


• stream [stri:m] n.河 vi.流出；飘扬 (初中英语单词)


• beloved [bi´lʌvd] a.为….所爱的 n.爱人 (初中英语单词)


• glorious [´glɔ:riəs] a.光荣的；辉煌的 (初中英语单词)


• sprang [spræŋ] spring 的过去式 (初中英语单词)


• humanity [hju:´mæniti] n.人类；人性；仁慈 (初中英语单词)


• slender [´slendə] a.细长的；微薄的 (初中英语单词)


• impress [im´pres, ´impres] v.铭刻 n.印记；特征 (初中英语单词)


• amateur [´æmətə, ,æmə´tə:] n.业余爱好者 (初中英语单词)


• ashamed [ə´ʃeimd] a.惭愧；不好意思 (初中英语单词)


• boxing [´bɔksiŋ] n.拳击运动 (初中英语单词)


• primitive [´primitiv] a.原始的 n.原始人 (初中英语单词)


• countenance [´kauntinəns] n.面部表情；脸色；面容 (初中英语单词)


• fierce [fiəs] a.残忍的；强烈的 (初中英语单词)


• series [´siəri:z] n.连续；系列；丛书 (初中英语单词)


• contest [kən´test, ´kɔntest] v.争辩 n.争夺；竞赛 (初中英语单词)


• advantage [əd´vɑ:ntidʒ] n.优势；利益 (初中英语单词)


• delicate [´delikət] a.精美的；微妙的 (初中英语单词)


• daylight [´deilait] n.日光；黎明 (初中英语单词)


• extraordinary [ik´strɔ:dinəri] a.非常的；额外的 (初中英语单词)


• compass [´kʌmpəs] n.指南针；圆规 (初中英语单词)


• awhile [ə´wail] ad.少顷；片刻 (初中英语单词)


• reality [ri´æliti] n.现实(性)；真实；逼真 (初中英语单词)


• old-fashioned [´əuld´feʃənd] a.老式的；过时的 (初中英语单词)


• reading [´ri:diŋ] n.(阅)读；朗读；读物 (初中英语单词)


• eternal [i´tə:nəl] a.永远的；永恒的 (初中英语单词)


• attentive [ə´tentiv] a.注意的；殷勤的 (初中英语单词)


• exception [ik´sepʃən] n.例外；反对，异议 (初中英语单词)


• occasionally [ə´keiʒənəli] ad.偶然地；非经常地 (初中英语单词)


• character [´kæriktə] n.特性；性质；人物；字 (初中英语单词)


• physical [´fizikəl] a.物质的；有形的 (初中英语单词)


• professional [prə´feʃənəl] a.职业的 n.自由职业 (初中英语单词)


• wisdom [´wizdəm] n.智慧，聪明，才智 (初中英语单词)


• hidden [´hid(ə)n] hide 的过去分词 (初中英语单词)


• purple [´pə:pl] n.紫色 a.紫(红)的 (初中英语单词)


• extension [ik´stenʃən] n.延长；扩展；延期 (高中英语单词)


• muscular [´mʌskjulə] a.肌肉的；强有力的 (高中英语单词)


• sermon [´sə:mən] n.说教；训诫；讲道 (高中英语单词)


• infinite [´infinit] a.无限的，无穷的 (高中英语单词)


• eternity [i´tə:niti] n.永恒，来世，无穷 (高中英语单词)


• unseen [,ʌn´si:n] a.未看见的 (高中英语单词)


• loneliness [´ləunliniz] n.孤独，寂寞 (高中英语单词)


• profound [prə´faund] a.深奥的；渊博的 (高中英语单词)


• learned [´lə:nid] a.有学问的，博学的 (高中英语单词)


• typical [´tipikəl] a.典型的；象征的 (高中英语单词)


• builder [´bildə] n.建筑者；创造者 (高中英语单词)


• athletic [æθ´letik] a.运动的；强壮的 (高中英语单词)


• hearty [´hɑ:ti] a.热忱的；强健的 (高中英语单词)


• exhibition [eksi´biʃ(ə)n] n.展览；显示；表演 (高中英语单词)


• emergency [i´mə:dʒənsi] n.事变；紧急关头 (高中英语单词)


• intellectual [,inti´lektʃuəl] n.知识分子 (高中英语单词)


• complexion [kəm´plekʃən] n.肤色；情况；局面 (高中英语单词)


• batter [´bætə] v.乱轰；磨损(家具等) (高中英语单词)


• electricity [i,lek´trisiti] n.电；电学；电流 (高中英语单词)


• heavenly [´hevənli] a.天的，天空的 (高中英语单词)


• obedience [ə´bi:djəns] n.服从；顺从 (高中英语单词)


• appropriate [ə´prəupri-it, ə´prəuprieit] a.适宜的 vt.私占；拨给 (高中英语单词)


• crimson [´krimzən] a.&n.深(紫)红(的) (高中英语单词)


• outward [´autwəd] a.外面的 ad.向外 (高中英语单词)


• busily [´bizili] ad.忙碌地 (英语四级单词)


• cautious [´kɔ:ʃəs] a.小心的；谨慎的 (英语四级单词)


• clergy [´klə:dʒi] n.牧师；教士 (英语四级单词)


• infinitely [´infinitli] ad.无限地；无穷地 (英语四级单词)


• heretic [´heritik] n.异教徒 (英语四级单词)


• cordially [´kɔ:djəli] ad.热诚地；亲切地 (英语四级单词)


• fiddle [´fidl] n.小提琴 v.拉提琴 (英语四级单词)


• envious [´enviəs] a.妒忌的，羡慕的 (英语四级单词)


• wondrous [´wʌndrəs] a.极好的 ad.惊人地 (英语四级单词)


• silvery [´silvəri] a.银一般的 (英语四级单词)


• myriad [´miriəd] n.极大数量 a.无数的 (英语四级单词)


• seeming [´si:miŋ] a.表面上的 n.外观 (英语四级单词)


• publicly [´pʌblikli] ad.公然；公众所有地 (英语六级单词)


• interminable [in´tə:minəbəl] a.无终止的；冗长的 (英语六级单词)


• deportment [di´pɔ:tmənt] n.举止，风度；品行 (英语六级单词)


• taking [´teikiŋ] a.迷人的 n.捕获物 (英语六级单词)


• infallible [in´fæləbəl] a.必然的；不会错的 (英语六级单词)


• malicious [mə´liʃəs] a.恶意的；预谋的 (英语六级单词)