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1 I| Totters the rigid gold dissolved in heat;~ The ice of bronze 2 I| Though all creation, be dissolved away.~ Again, were naught 3 I| have broken and ruined and dissolved,~ That same could ne'er 4 I| of four,~ And all again dissolved into the four,~ How can 5 I| fit,~ The stock of stuff, dissolved, would be borne~ Along the 6 I| So all things have to be dissolved as soon~ As matter, diverted 7 I| world should flee away,~ Dissolved amain throughout the mighty 8 III| away, without the whole dissolved.~ With seeds so intertwined 9 III| quickly far, more quickly is dissolved~ Back to its primal bodies, 10 III| suits that even the soul's dissolved,~ Like smoke, into the lofty 11 III| will seep and soak~ Will be dissolved and will therefore die.~ 12 III| Are yet, by seeping in, dissolved away,~ Whilst, as through