The Nature of Things: A Didactic Poem, Volume 1

Æneid Æther Anaxagoras animals animi appears Aristotle arkite atoms atque aught beautiful body Cicero colours conceived contended corpore death deity Democritus Denique denominated Diogenes Laertius divine doctrine dread e'en earth elegant Empedocles enim Ennius Epicurean Epicurus equally eternal ether etiam existence fire frame gigni hæc heaven hence Heraclitus idea igitur imitated immortal inter inter se Lucretius magis materiaï matter Memmius mind mortal motion motus nature ne'er neque nihil nihilum nobis nought nunc o'er observed omnes omnia original Ovid passage perpetual philosophers Plato poem poet posse possessed possit Præterea present primal seeds primordia Pythagoras quâ quæ quæque quam quid quod quom quoniam quoque rebus rerum sæpe sensus soul spirit spring substance sunt tamen thee things thou tion translation urg'd verses videmus Virgil void whence whole δε και