The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Alfred Biese
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'By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches ... 'He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth. 'And wine that maketh glad the heart of man ... 'The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted. 'Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. 'The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats, and the rocks for the conies. 'He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. 'Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. 'The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. 'The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. 'Man goeth forth to his work and to his labour until the evening.... |
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