Poems by Lucretius
Of The Nature Of Things: Book VI - Part 01 - Proem
... And since I've taught thee that the world's great vaults ...
Of The Nature Of Things: Book I - Part 05 - Character Of The Atoms
... as, without Some certain bodies to fill the places held, ...
Of The Nature Of Things: Book I - Part 06 - Confutation Of Other Philosophers
... how, hence, The same, if altered 'mongst themselves, can body ...
Of The Nature Of Things: Book III - Part 05 - Cerberus And Furies, And That Lack Of Light
... - At once He yawns, as soon as foot has touched the threshold, ...
Of The Nature Of Things: Book IV - Part 03 - The Senses And Mental Pictures
... I have seen Spots that gave back even voices six or seven ...
Of The Nature Of Things: Book V - Part 07 - Beginnings Of Civilization
... Afterwards, When huts they had procured and pelts and fire, ...
Of The Nature Of Things: Book V - Part 06 - Origins And Savage Period Of Mankind
... But huddled in groves, and mountain-caves, and woods, ...
Of The Nature Of Things: Book I - Part 02 - Substance Is Eternal
... The winds, 'Tis clear, are sightless bodies sweeping through ...
Of The Nature Of Things: Book II - Part 03 - Atomic Forms And Their Combinations
... or suppose That same-shaped atoms through men's nostrils pierce ...
Of The Nature Of Things: Book IV - Part 02 - Existence And Character Of The Images
... And first, One oft may see that objects which are light ...
The Posture
... When answering stroke with stroke, the mingled liquors flow ...
Of The Nature Of Things: Book III - Part 02 - Nature And Composition Of The Mind
... And thus This canst thou guarantee: soul's primal germs ...
Of The Nature Of Things: Book I - Part 03 - The Void
... But now through oceans, lands, and heights of heaven ...
Of The Nature Of Things: Book V - Part 04 - Formation Of The World
... for rocks Could not subside, nor all the parts of ground ...
Address to Venus
... rs is drest, For thee the Ocean smiles, and smooths her wavy breast ...