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 1     I|  somewhat woeful unto those~ Who've had it not in hand, and
 2     I| interwoven frame.~ ~ But since I've taught that bodies of matter,
 3     I|      dreams to fools,~ What they've embraced with reasoning
 4     I|          place, where, when they've come,~ Bodies can be at
 5    II|       remains~ A finite - what I've proved is not the fact,~
 6    II|        earth. Unto her car~ They've yoked the wild beasts, since
 7   III|          to man!~ ~  And since I've taught already of what sort~
 8   III|         body and grow, and, as I've taught,~ Crumble and crack,
 9   III|          of death, - as well~ We've learned by the passing of
10   III|         Confounded is, and, as I've shown, to-riven,~ Asunder
11   III|        of stuff~ Whose nature we've exhibited before;~ Or else
12   III|       else;~ Thereafter, when we've touched it, something else~
13    IV|  somewhat woeful unto those~ Who've had it not in hand, and
14    IV|        THE IMAGES~ ~ But since I've taught already of what sort~
15    IV|        them create,~ And since I've taught what the mind's nature
16    IV|          the glass.~ But when we've also seen the glass itself,~
17    IV|          in honey -~ What oft we've proved above to thee before.~
18    IV|        their food.~ Yes, since I've taught thee that from off
19    IV|         we note), even when they've ceased to grasp~ Those games
20    IV|         beforehand, in the way I've shown,~ And guard against
21     V|  Inexorable decrees - how (as we've found),~ In class of mortal
22     V|      life has left.~ Thus far we've gone; the order of my plan~
23     V|         of mind.~ And since they've ever eluded touch and thrust~
24     V|   arrangements such, and if they've passed~ Into vibrations
25     V|        of stuff~ Whose nature we've exhibited before;~ Or else
26     V|          not of solid body, as I've shown,~ Exists the nature
27     V|          what remains! - Since I've resolved~ By what arrangements
28     V|          is known from what they've heard~ And less from what
29     V|          And less from what they've thought. Nor is this folly~
30     V|       till with their arts~ They've now achieved the supreme
31    VI|  undertaken task.~ ~ And since I've taught thee that the world'
32    VI|        Sizzles, when speedily we've plunged its glow~ Down the
33    VI|   thunders loud.~ For, verily, I've taught thee even now~ How
34    VI|          er at dawn.~ ~ Again, I've taught thee that the clouds
35    VI|     kinds,~ As soon as ever they've set their steps within,~
36    VI|          This do I say, as oft I've said before:~ In earth are
37    VI|         beforehand we~ Of water 've drunk. But when a burning
38    VI|          flee and follow. Yea, I've seen~ Those Samothracian
39    VI|       will unfold. And, first, I've taught above~ That seeds
40    VI|     happens, too, that when they've come at last~ Into this