NOTES
and it was good:—Genesis, 1:31: "And God saw all that he had made, and, behold, it was very good."
the ancient threat of deserts:—Isaiah, 35:1-2: "The desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose."
after his laboring:—Luke, 10:7, and 1st Timothy, 5:18: "The laborer is worthy of his hire."
portion of his labor:—Ecclesiastes, 2:10: "For my heart rejoiced in my labor; and this was my portion of all my labor."
the light is sweet:—Ecclesiastes, 11:7: "Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun."
How long:—Revelation, 6:10: "How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?"
when the sea:—Revelation, 20:13: "And the sea gave up the dead which were in it."
rejected and despised:—For this and the remainder of the stanza, see Isaiah, 53.
Titans:—In Greek mythology, powerful and troublesome giants.