Et primum faciunt ignem se vortere in auras 

 Aeris ; liinc imbrem gigni terrarnque creari 

 Ex irnbri ; retroque a terra cuncta revorti, 

 Humor em primum, post aera deinde calorem } 

 Nee cessare hrec inter se mutare, ineare, 

 De ccelo ad terrain de terra ad sidera mundi. 



LUCRETIUS, i. 783. 



"Water, and Air, and Fire, alternate run 

 Their endless circle, multiform, j r et one. 

 For, moulded by the fervor's latent beams, 

 Solids flow loose, and fluids flash to steams, 

 And elemental flame, with secret force, 

 Pursues through earth, air, sky, its stated course. 



