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  1     I|        Kind after kind. And since 'tis thou alone~ Guidest the
  2     I|          of thought profane;~ But 'tis that same religion oftener
  3     I|        they do not know,~ Whether 'tis born, or enter in at birth,~
  4     I|        life no more.~ Thus easier 'tis to hold that many things~
  5     I|         ominous moan. The winds,~ 'Tis clear, are sightless bodies
  6     I|         for bodies to go through~ 'Tis clear could happen in nowise
  7     I|            of creation, mark~ How 'tis that, though the bodies
  8     I|        shall hereafter be,~ Since 'tis itself still parcel of another,~
  9     I|          substances transformed,~ 'Tis thine to know those primal
 10     I|       mixed in things,~ No wonder 'tis that therefore divers things~
 11     I|       nourishes the human frame,~ 'Tis thine to know our veins
 12     I|            this is not the case,~ 'Tis thine to know things are
 13     I|         its beyond.~ And a beyond 'tis seen can never be~ For aught,
 14    II|                 BOOK II~ PROEM~ ~ 'Tis sweet, when, down the mighty
 15    II|           be smitten, but because 'tis sweet~ To mark what evils
 16    II|          we ourselves be spared;~ 'Tis sweet, again, to view the
 17    II|          delights.~ More grateful 'tis at times (for Nature craves~
 18    II|           Or purple robe, than if 'tis thine to lie~ Upon the poor
 19    II|         this stands certain, thus 'tis out of doubt~ No rest is
 20    II|    knowledge. For this reason too 'tis fit~  Thou turn thy mind
 21    II|            Herein wonder not~ How 'tis that, while the seeds of
 22    II|           the mellow air,~ We see 'tis forthwith manifest to man~
 23    II|         laps up~ Timber and beam, 'tis then to be supposed~ They
 24    II|         beneath~ To urge them up. 'Tis thus that blood, discharged~
 25    II|           doubt~ In these affairs 'tis each man's will itself~
 26    II|         will, whence at the last~ 'Tis given forth through joints
 27    II|         And mighty urge; for then 'tis clear enough~ All matter
 28    II|        delays: no doubt,~ Because 'tis wrought of elements more
 29    II|           lips awry;~ Thus simple 'tis to see that whatsoever~
 30    II|            a marvel...~ For since 'tis fluid, smooth its atoms
 31    II|        reversed, be there.~ Since 'tis not so, but unto things
 32    II|           begotten and increase.~ 'Tis therefore manifest that
 33    II|            too, in these affairs~ 'Tis fit thou hold well sealed,
 34    II|         goodly strongholds high,~ 'Tis she sustains the cities;
 35    II|           hideous jaws - Of which 'tis simple fact~ That none have
 36    II|            Thou seest, though yet 'tis needful to confess~ The
 37    II|            ne'er a hue for them,~ 'Tis thine to know that bodies
 38    II|       withdrawn,~ And added some, 'tis seen forthwith to turn~
 39    II|         come not forth to light,~ 'Tis thine to know they are not
 40    II|          sort of shape equipped,~ 'Tis thine to know the atoms
 41    II|             Little by little till 'tis quite extinct;~ As happens
 42    II|        behold not all with eyes,~ 'Tis thine to know some things
 43    II|           is gendered? - Verily,~ 'Tis this: that liquids, earth,
 44    II|          unto their place again:~ 'Tis thine to know the primal
 45    II|           have sensation, needful 'tis to assign~ Sense also to
 46    II|          Render thy hands, or, if 'tis false at last,~ Gird thee
 47    II|          once suppose~ In any way 'tis likely, (seeing that space~
 48    II|          cause retards, no marvel 'tis~ That things are carried
 49    II|          things whole, renewing;~ 'Tis food must prop and give
 50    II|          as needful. And even now 'tis thus:~ Its age is broken
 51   III|          is with mind, and, when~ 'Tis strook by influence of the
 52   III|           corporeal is:~ For when 'tis seen to drive the members
 53   III|        stroke and spear corporeal 'tis in throes.~ Now, of what
 54   III|          to tell.~ First, I aver, 'tis superfine, composed~ Of
 55   III|          together, since, indeed, 'tis made~ Of atoms not so smooth,
 56   III|         thews,~ Seeing that, when 'tis from whole body gone,~ The
 57   III|          nature of mind and soul~ 'Tis thine to know created is
 58   III|         more shut from view,~ And 'tis the very soul of all the
 59   III|          without death.~ Not easy 'tis from lumps of frankincense~
 60   III|            likewise: so, not easy 'tis~ From all the body nature
 61   III|       unblemished ball be clear.~ 'Tis by like compact that the
 62   III|         mind~ Wanders afield; for 'tis beside itself,~ And crazed
 63   III|           birth, where each, when 'tis create,~ Is able to endure,
 64   III|            fact,~ As said before, 'tis rent and scattered forth,~
 65   III|         mean by death.~ Wherefore 'tis sure that what hath been
 66   III|          thus should do and toil~ 'Tis hard to say, since, being
 67   III|             To which to enter in, 'tis plain they can't.~ Then,
 68   III|           frame.~ Yet be this so, 'tis needful to confess~ The
 69   III|        repel all strokes, because 'tis made~ Of solid body, and
 70   III|        Immortal, mainly on ground 'tis kept secure~ In vital forces -
 71   III|        body of ours,~ Yet nothing 'tis to us who in the bonds~
 72   III|         irk and care; and granted 'tis to know:~ Nothing for us
 73   III|           life - O this, I fancy, 'tis~ To pour, like those young
 74   III|           them, knowing not~ What 'tis they want, and seeking ever
 75   III|            us agape. And doubtful 'tis what fortune~ The future
 76    IV|           is,~ And of what things 'tis with the body knit~ And
 77    IV|           Since such takes place, 'tis likewise certain too~ That
 78    IV|        naught~ Can rend it, since 'tis placed along the front~
 79    IV|          or stuff of wood,~ There 'tis so rent that it cannot give
 80    IV|          smoothness, being sure.~ 'Tis therefore that from them
 81    IV|            again,~ And yet again, 'tis needful to confess~ With
 82    IV|           the onward flow,~ Since 'tis incessantly we feeling have,~
 83    IV|         chance to tell:~ For when 'tis sent, at once it shoves
 84    IV|           the sharp cold streams, 'tis not our wont~ To feel each
 85    IV|          is, removed far within.~ 'Tis the same sort as objects
 86    IV|           another air, that then~ 'Tis this we see before itself,
 87    IV|          the level of the glass,~ 'Tis not returned unshifted;
 88    IV|           be what we said above,~ 'Tis after all the reasoning
 89    IV|             whence he knows~ What 'tis to know and not-to-know
 90    IV|          bitter, for him to whom~ 'Tis sweet, the smoothest particles
 91    IV|     nostrils touches.~ And first, 'tis needful there be many things~
 92    IV|           That every object, when 'tis shivered, ground,~ Or crumbled
 93    IV|        besides, thou wilt observe 'tis not~ So easy to trace out
 94    IV|           Such as assail my eyes, 'tis thine to know~ Also the
 95    IV|      dissolution.~ ~ And further, 'tis no marvel idols move~ And
 96    IV|            If thou attendest not, 'tis just the same~ As if 'twere
 97    IV|         thas given up itself?~ So 'tis that we conjecture from
 98    IV|         limbs:~ Wherefore, again, 'tis quite beyond thy power~
 99    IV|           of utility.~ Likewise,~ 'Tis nothing strange that all
100    IV|           strides ahead,~ And how 'tis given to move our limbs
101    IV|      fatigued, thou takest; since 'tis then~ That the most bodies
102    IV|           OF LOVE~ ~ This craving 'tis that's Venus unto us:~ From
103    IV|         out.~ But Nature protests 'tis all quite otherwise;~ For
104    IV|           Uncounted ills; so that 'tis better far~ To watch beforehand,
105    IV|            matter of great moment 'tis in truth,~ That seeds may
106    IV|              And in this business 'tis of some import~ Upon what
107    IV|   importeth vastly.~ For commonly 'tis thought that wives conceive~
108     V|          forest deeps -~ Quarters 'tis ours in general to avoid.~
109     V|          with what toil of words~ 'Tis mine to prove the same;
110     V|           living sense.~ For sure 'tis quite beside the mark to
111     V|           magnificence,~ And that 'tis therefore duty and behoof~
112     V|          worthy praise,~ And that 'tis sacrilege for men to shake~
113     V|       races of mankind,~ And that 'tis sacrilege to assault by
114     V|        consumed and begot again,~ 'Tis mine to know that also sky
115     V|            unto the sun. And this 'tis thine~ To know from these
116     V|        repel all strokes, because 'tis made~ Of solid body, and
117     V|         agape.~ Wherefore, again, 'tis needful to confess~ That
118     V|          New store of waters that 'tis rather they~ Who menace
119     V|       weight, -~ Because, indeed, 'tis with it so conjoined~ In
120     V|          cause~ In this our world 'tis hard to say for sure;~ But
121     V|         Even several causes which 'tis possible~ Exist throughout
122     V|            and flood the fields?~ 'Tis even possible, besides,
123     V|         goals of Cancer; nor~ How 'tis the moon is seen each month
124     V|          place, engendered anew,~ 'Tis hard to show by reason,
125     V|      chills a-chatter. Therefore, 'tis~ The less a marvel, if at
126     V|            of the sun.~ Wherefore 'tis less a marvel, if they sprang~
127     V|        limbs to dissolution: now~ 'Tis plenty overwhelms. Unwary,
128     V|           life fostered by force. 'Tis thence~ That fear of punishments
129     V|      whence they sprung. Not easy 'tis~ For one who violates by
130     V|          things. A task~ Not easy 'tis in any wise to teach~ And
131     V|         the deaf concerning what~ 'Tis needful for to do. For ne'
132     V|        joys. And this, forsooth,~ 'Tis thine to know from plainest
133     V|           throngs~ On holy days - 'tis not so hard to give~ Reason
134     V|         more and more,~ And, when 'tis found, doth flower in men'
135     V|         Twas pelts, and of to-day 'tis purple and gold~ That cark
136     V|       pleasure may increase.~ And 'tis desire for better and for
137    VI|           will follow after this~ 'Tis thine to see. But that afar
138    VI|          cracking roar, when much 'tis beaten about~ Betwixt the
139    VI|    branched many forky ways;~ And 'tis the same, as when the sudden
140    VI|          sent forth forever. That 'tis so~ Beyond a doubt, fact
141    VI|          stupendous power; but if 'tis not~ Upon its course already
142    VI|           guilty of?~ Besides, if 'tis his will that we beware~
143    VI|    down-weighs~ That cloud, until 'tis like a column from sky~
144    VI|           and of blast. Yet since 'tis formed~ At most but rarely,
145    VI|        hills~ Must block its way, 'tis seen more oft out there~
146    VI|      particles. Whereby the more~ 'Tis manifest that many particles~
147    VI| incommunicable space.~ Therefore, 'tis not exceeding strange, if
148    VI|           and how upon the lands~ 'Tis then discharged in down-pour
149    VI|           The rivers as they go - 'tis easy still,~ Soon to discover
150    VI|    increase of a drop.~ Wherefore 'tis less a marvel that the sea,~
151    VI|     Leaving no doubt in thee that 'tis the air's~ Tumultuous power.
152    VI|     besides, some thing~ Of which 'tis not enough one only cause~
153    VI|             With sun-baked skins. 'Tis possible, besides,~ That
154    VI|         For kinds alike. Then too 'tis thine to see~ How many things
155    VI|      seized by the unseen poison, 'tis ensnared,~ And from the
156    VI|          heat it bears itself.~ ~ 'Tis said at Hammon's fane a
157    VI|         Along its waves, wherever 'tis impelled~ Afloat before
158    VI|            by heat alone,~ Before 'tis steeped in veritable fire.~
159    VI|           the onward flow,~ Since 'tis incessantly we feeling have,~
160    VI|            m going to discourse,~ 'Tis needful most of all to make
161    VI|           stout iron.~ Wherefore, 'tis less a marvel what I said,~
162    VI|          swim through, as before. 'Tis thus constrained~ With its
163    VI|           and limbs~ Are noxious; 'tis a variable air~ That causes