The beginning of the FIRST Book of LUCRETIU S. D Elight of human kind, and Gods above, Parent of Rome, propitious queen of love, Whofe vital pow'r, air, earth, and fea fupplies; And breeds whate'er is born beneath the rowling fkies: Springs, and beholds the regions of the light. For thee the land in fragrant flow'rs is drest; For thee the ocean fmiles, and smooths her wavy breast; And Heav'n itself with more ferene and purer light is bleft. For when the rifing fpring adorns the mead, The leafy foreft, and the liquid main, } } And scatter'ft, where thou go'ft, the kindly feeds of love. Since then the race of every living thing Obeys thy pow'r; fince nothing new can fpring Without Without thy warmth, without thy influence bear; Of heav'n and earth, and every where thy wondrous pow'r difplay: To Memmius, under thy fweet influence born, Mean-time on land and fea let barb'rous discord cease, Is manag'd by thy dreadful servant's care; By turns reftor'd to life, and plung'd in pleafing death. The The beginning of the SECOND BOOK of LUCRETIU S. ידי IS pleasant, fafely to behold from fhore But pains unfelt produce the pleafing fight. His cramm'd defires, with more than nature needs! And craves no more than undisturb'd delight: So little this corporeal frame requires; } |