Titus Lucretius Carus on the Nature of Things |
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Acheron amid Anaxagoras asunder atomic-shapes beasts begotten beneath birth blows body born bound breath bright carried cause Ceres clouds cold colour constellations copper created darkness death deep Democritus directions round earth Ennius eternal ether eyes fall fear fierce fire first-beginnings Firstly fixed flame flow follows force formed frame give gliding gods grow heat heav'n Heraclitus images inasmuch kind Lachmann land Lastly lest light likewise living things loose-meshed Lucretius marjoram Memmius mighty mixed moisture moon Moreover mortal motions nature needs nowise once pain pass perchance perish plain quadrupeds quake quarters race rain round seeds seen self-same sensation senses side sinews single sleep soul sound space stirred stone strike substance subtle suddenly sum of things sun's sure Tartarus taste of honey taurine Tityos touch trees true reason turn Venus verses voice void whatsoever whence Wherefore wild-beasts winds wont