I Am The Arts And Sciences (Litany)

The study of all heavenly bodies

As heavenly as the angels

I am Astronomy

The science of the structure of the human body

As structural as a framework

I am Anatomy

The art of tilling the soil

As tilling as the ground

I am Agriculture

The art of cultivating and managing gardens

As cultivating as a cultivator

I am Horticulture

The science of family descent

As descending as a family origin

I am Genealogy

The study of ancient buildings and prehistoric remains

As ancient as the sun

I am Archaeology

That’s who I am

I am

 

The art of telling the future by studying the stars

As telling as a fortune teller

I am Astrology

The scientific study of industrial arts

As industrious as an industry

I am Technology

The science of land management

As managing as a manager

I am Agronomics

The study of coins

As silver and golden as medals

I am Numismatics

The science dealing with varieties of the human race

As various as species

I am Ethnology

The science dealing with the way in which the human body works

As working as a workaholic

I am Physiology

That’s who I am

I am

 

The study of the human mind

As mindful as thought

I am Psychology

The study of physical life or living matter

As physical as the living

I am Biology

The art of elegant speech or writing

As elegant as a sunset

I am Rhetoric

An institution for education in the arts and sciences

As educating as a teacher

I am Polytechnic

The art of preserving skins

As preserving as salt and vinegar

I am Taxidermy

The study of the human face

As facial as the sunflower

I am Physiognomy

That’s who I am

I am

 

The study of ancient writings

As ancient as the gods

I am Palaeography

The art of beautiful handwriting

As beautiful as the Milky Way

I am Calligraphy

The science of numbers

As numerous as grains of sand

I am Mathematics

The science of colours

As colourful as a painting

I am Chromatics

The study of birds

As bird-like as an aeroplane

I am Ornithology

The natural history of animals

As natural as life

I am Zoology

That’s who I am

I am

 

The study of rocks and soils

As rocky as the Rocky Mountains

I am Geology

The study of languages

As linguistic as a linguist

I am Philology

The art of effective speaking or oral reading

As effective as effect

I am Elocution

The science of measuring

As measuring as a ruler

I am Mensuration

The study of the stars

As starry as the night sky

I am Astronomy

The study of plants

Plants as plentiful as leaves on a tree

I m Botany

That’s who I am

I am

 

The study of lakes or of pond life

As pond-like as a stagnant lake

I am Limnology

The study of the origin and history of words

As original as an origin

I am Etymology

The art of making fireworks

As vigorous as fire

I am Pyrotechnics

The art

As artful as an artist

In this litany I list

The art of making maps and charts

As illustrative as a drawing

I am Cartography

The study of mankind

As manly as the word mannish

I am Anthropology

That’s who I am

I am

 

An art of metal-working

As metallic as iron

I am Metallurgy

The science of triangles

As triangular as a three-cornered shape

I am Trigonometry

The art of measuring land

As measuring as a metre stick

I am Surveying

The science

As scientific as a technologist

Arts and science I bring

The study of eggs

As egg-like as a oval body

I am Oology

The study of mountains

As mountainous as the Himalayas

I m Orology

That’s who I am

I am

 

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