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The huge rough stones from out the mine, Unsightly and unfair, Have veins of purest metal hid Beneath the surface there; Few rocks so bare but to their heights Some tiny moss-plant clings, And round the peaks, so desolate, The sea-bird sits and sings. Believe me, too, that rugged souls, Beneath their rudeness hide Much that is beautiful and good We've all our angel side.
The trees that were gone over the first two years have not been touched since; and none of them have been injured by the hares. The Mossing of trees is their becoming much affected and covered with the moss-plant or mossy substance.
Park himself, in extreme distress, and almost in despair, chanced to observe the delicate beauty of a small moss-plant, and, reflecting that the Creator of so frail a thing could not be indifferent to any of His creatures, plucked up courage and reached safety. He was not of the negro philosophy, and is the less likely to have invented it.
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