Selections From Lucretius Being a Golden Treasury of His Poem De Rerum Natura
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1. 252. hand igitu7' penitus pereu7it 1. 262. 254. Porro, * in turn. ' 255. Pueris, ' of both sexes. ' 256. Canere = reso?iare. 257. Fessae pingui, subst. As in Vergil. 261. Perculsa: a strong word, 1. 13 pe7xulsa corda. 264. Adjuta : sc. 7iatura. 265-328. [You must not disbelieve in revum pimordia because they cannot be seen ; many bodies exist and make themselves known by their ejffects, yet cannot be seen, such as winds, smells, heat, etc. ; metals, stones, etc. , wear away ; nature does not... allow us to see the process of growth and decay : invida praeclusit speciem natura vldendi. '] 270. Videri =c6r?in. 268. 271. Venti via verberat. Notice the alliteration, so frequent in Lucretius. 272. Ruit : transitive, as in 11. 289, 292, and sometimes in Vergil, etc. Bk. I. ] NOTES, 85 281. Et : after alia in preceding line, mollis best taken with natura. 287. Molibus, * piers with bridges. ' 289. Ruunt : transitively as in 1. 292. 290. Debent, 'must. ' 293. Vertex, * vortex. ' 296. Moribus, 'ways/ 'character, ' 'nature.
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