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1 I| Seized with the spell, all creatures follow thee~ Whithersoever 2 I| breed~ Of the swift scaly creatures somehow give,~ And straightway 3 I| forsooth.~ For where can scaly creatures forward dart,~ Save where 4 I| lusty race~ Of breathing creatures bears and blooms, and that~ 5 I| the nature of breathing creatures wastes,~ Losing its body, 6 I| above;~ That, when those creatures look upon the sun,~ We view 7 II| Whence this free will for creatures o'er the lands,~ Whence 8 II| the mute flocks~ Of scaly creatures swimming in the streams,~ 9 II| them the senses of live creatures all,~ In manner about as 10 II| same~ As that within live creatures as a whole.~ But of themselves 11 II| must resemble, then,~ Live creatures as a whole, to have the 12 II| sky,~ And race of living creatures. Thus, I say,~ Again, again, ' 13 III| topsy-turvy would earth's creatures act!~ The Hyrcan hound would 14 IV| in proof:~ First, living creatures are sometimes so small~ 15 IV| Again,~ As all the breathing creatures which take food~ Are outwardly 16 IV| But for some breathing creatures~ One odour is more apt, 17 IV| strange that all the breathing creatures~ Seek, even by nature of 18 IV| innumerable,~ When weary creatures pant, or through the sweat~ 19 IV| their inner parts,~ When creatures draw a breath or blow it 20 IV| in fact. And thus we see~ Creatures in many a wise crooked and 21 V| moon;~ And then what living creatures rose from out~ The old telluric 22 V| increase of crops~ And living creatures, or lest we should think~ 23 V| sky, and race~ Of living creatures.~ In that long-ago~ The 24 V| progeny.~ For whatsoever creatures thou beholdest~ Breathing 25 V| been, nor can there be~ Creatures of twofold stock and double 26 V| sign that then~ Such hybrid creatures could have been begot~ And 27 V| see~ All breeds of winged creatures trust to wings~ And from 28 VI| things~ Be unto certain creatures suited more~ For ends of 29 VI| power first strikes~ The creatures with a wildering dizziness,~ 30 VI| so, indeed, in breathing creatures be~ The several senses,