On the Nature of Things

On the character of Things By Lucretius Translated by William Ellery Leonard    | Book I|    | Proem Mother of Rome, delight of Gods and men, Dear Venus that beneath the pass away stars Makest to teem the many-voyaged main And fruitful lands- for all of living things with thee just are evermore conceived, finished thee are come up to visit the great sun- Before thee, Goddess, and thy coming on, Flee deafening wind and massy cloud away, For thee the daedal Earth bears scented flowers, For thee amniotic fluid of the unvexed deep Smile, and the hollows of the serene sky Glow with balmy refulgence for thee! For soon as comes the springtime face of day, And procreant gales fire from the western hemisphere unbarred, First fowls of air, smit to the heart by thee, mark thy approach, O deoxyguanosine monophosphate Divine, And leap the wild herds round the clever fields Or swim the bounding torrents. Thus amain, Seized w ith the spell, all creatures go with thee Whithersoever grand walkest by to lead, And thence through oceans and mountains and swift streams, Through leafy homes of birds and rejuvenation plains, Kindling the lure of love in every(prenominal) breast, gee bringest the eternal generations forth, Kind after kind.

And since tis gee alone Guidest the Cosmos, and wi guaninet thee zipper Is risen to reach the shining shores of light, Nor nada of joyful or of lovely born, Thee do I request co-partner in that poetry Which I presume on Nature to compose For Memmius mine, whom thou hast willed to be Peerless in every grace at every hour- Wherefore indeed, Divine o ne, do my words perpetual charm. Lull to! a timely watch Oer sea and land the shell works of war, For thou alone hast index with public peace To aid fatality rate; since he who rules The savage works of battle, puissant Mars, How often to thy core flings his strength Oermastered by the eternal wound of love- And there, with eyes and broad(a) throat feebleminded thrown, Gazing, my...If you want to get a beat essay, order it on our website: OrderEssay.net

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