Wonderful the world of Nature, Mother of us, nurse and teacher! Foolish hearts, the Psalmist said, Disbelieve in God. Wonderful a bird's migration, Seedling's secret germination; Wonderful that planets keep Vigil while we sleep. All around us, every creature Acts according to its nature; In the dusk the midges dance: Everything makes sense. Lord, if only life were simple! While we kneel in Nature's temple, Harvest fail; the hunted die: Tell us, tell us Why? Tell us that the whole creation Travails, waits for its salvation. When that age of peace shall come, Lion shall lie down with lamb.