&quot; Forsitan et rosea Sol alte lampade lucens, 

 Possideat multum caecis fervoribus ignem 

 Circum sc, qui sit fulgore notatus, 

 ^Estifer ut tantum radiorum exaugcat ictum.&quot; 



Lucretius^ v. 610. 



&quot; Perhaps too the sun as he shines aloft with rosy lamp has round 

 about him much fire with heats that are not visible, and thus the fire may 

 be marked by no radiance, so that fraught with heat it increases to such 

 a degree the stroke of the rays.&quot; Jfonro s Translation. 



My attention was drawn to this remarkable passage by the late ex 

 cellent and accomplished Sir Edmund Head, Bart. 



