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 ! 



" I tell thee that those living things, 

 To whom the fragile blade of grass, 

 That springeth in the morn 

 And perisheth ere noon, 

 Is 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." Shelley. 



