Of The Nature Of Things: Book V – Part 06 – Origins And Savage Period Of Mankind (Lucretius Poems)
But mortal manWas then far hardier in the old champaign,As well he should be, since a hardier earthHad him begotten; ...
But mortal manWas then far hardier in the old champaign,As well he should be, since a hardier earthHad him begotten; ...
When you were a tadpole and I was a fishIn the Paleozoic time,And side by side on the ebbing tideWe ...
IWhen dusk falls cool as a rained-on rose,And a tawny tower the twilight shows,With the crescent moon, the silver moon, ...
San Remo's palms in beauty stand Beside the storied sea,Where azure band and golden sand Are wedded ceaselessly;For from the deep, which ...
Unto one who lies at rest'Neath the sunset, in the West,Clover-blossoms on her breast.Lover of each gracious thingWhich makes glad ...
Scarred with the jagged wounds from ruthless hands,Despoiled, dishonored of my fair array, -The gold and emerald vesture of the ...
Far in the forest depths I dwell, The master mimic of them all,To pour from out my secret dell Echo ...
What husks of last year's winter close you in, To-morrow's world-what dead, what wrinkled skin Of ancient parchments, laws, beliefs! ...
Unto one who lies at rest 'Neath the sunset, in the West, Clover-blossoms on her breast. Lover of each gracious ...
O Friends! with whom my feet have trod The quiet aisles of prayer, Glad witness to your zeal for God ...
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