ECONOMIC CAUSES OF DEPLETION 91 



Behold this glorious temple with dome of starry sky, 

 And floor of greensward scented and trees for pillars high, 

 And song of birds for music, and bleat of lambs for prayer, 

 And incense of sweet vapors arising everywhere. 



Behold His table bounteous spread over land and sea, 

 The sure reward of labor, to every mortal free; 

 But hark! through Nature's anthem there rises the refrain, 

 God made the world, but giveth it unto the sons of men.* 



* J. W. Bengough, " Verses Grave and Gay." 



