62 HISTORY OF BRITISH ZOOPHYTES. 
ing liberality the myriads of almost invisible living minims 
of nature that have their dwelling-place there, how much 
more will he feed and clothe and protect those who are the 
adopted children of his own family, and the ransomed heri- 
tage of his own Son! 
“T tell thee that those living things, 
To whom the fragile blade of grass, 
That springeth in the morn , 
And perisheth ere noon, 
Ts an unbounded world ;— 
I tell thee that those viewless beings, 
Whose mansion is the smallest particle 
Of the impassive atmosphere, 
Enjoy and live like man ; 
And the minutest throb 
That through their frame diffuses 
The slightest, faintest motion, 
Is fixed and indispensable 
As the majestic laws 
That rule yon rolling orbs.”—/Shedley. 
