Book Vi - Part 01 - Proem Poem Rhyme Scheme

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'Twas Athens first the glorious in name	A
That whilom gave to hapless sons of men	B
The sheaves of harvest and re ordered life	C
And decreed laws and she the first that gave	D
Life its sweet solaces when she begat	E
A man of heart so wise who whilom poured	F
All wisdom forth from his truth speaking mouth	G
The glory of whom though dead is yet to day	H
Because of those discoveries divine	I
Renowned of old exalted to the sky	J
For when saw he that well nigh everything	K
Which needs of man most urgently require	L
Was ready to hand for mortals and that life	C
As far as might be was established safe	M
That men were lords in riches honour praise	N
And eminent in goodly fame of sons	O
And that they yet O yet within the home	P
Still had the anxious heart which vexed life	C
Unpausingly with torments of the mind	Q
And raved perforce with angry plaints then he	R
Then he the master did perceive that 'twas	S
The vessel itself which worked the bane and all	T
However wholesome which from here or there	U
Was gathered into it was by that bane	V
Spoilt from within in part because he saw	W
The vessel so cracked and leaky that nowise	W
'Tcould ever be filled to brim in part because	W
He marked how it polluted with foul taste	X
Whate'er it got within itself So he	R
The master then by his truth speaking words	W
Purged the breasts of men and set the bounds	W
Of lust and terror and exhibited	Y
The supreme good whither we all endeavour	L
And showed the path whereby we might arrive	Z
Thereunto by a little cross cut straight	A2
And what of ills in all affairs of mortals	W
Upsprang and flitted deviously about	B2
Whether by chance or force since Nature thus	W
Had destined and from out what gates a man	C2
Should sally to each combat And he proved	D2
That mostly vainly doth the human race	W
Roll in its bosom the grim waves of care	U
For just as children tremble and fear all	T
In the viewless dark so even we at times	W
Dread in the light so many things that be	R
No whit more fearsome than what children feign	V
Shuddering will be upon them in the dark	E2
This terror then this darkness of the mind	Q
Not sunrise with its flaring spokes of light	F2
Nor glittering arrows of morning can disperse	W
But only Nature's aspect and her law	W
Wherefore the more will I go on to weave	G2
In verses this my undertaken task	H2
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And since I've taught thee that the world's great vaults	W
Are mortal and that sky is fashioned	I2
Of frame e'en born in time and whatsoe'er	U
Therein go on and must perforce go on	J2
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The most I have unravelled what remains	W
Do thou take in besides since once for all	T
To climb into that chariot' renowned	K2
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Of winds arise and they appeased are	U
So that all things again	B
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Which were are changed now with fury stilled	L2
All other movements through the earth and sky	J
Which mortals gaze upon O anxious oft	M2
In quaking thoughts and which abase their minds	W
With dread of deities and press them crushed	N2
Down to the earth because their ignorance	W
Of cosmic causes forces them to yield	O2
All things unto the empery of gods	W
And to concede the kingly rule to them	P2
For even those men who have learned full well	Q2
That godheads lead a long life free of care	U
If yet meanwhile they wonder by what plan	C2
Things can go on and chiefly yon high things	W
Observed o'erhead on the ethereal coasts	W
Again are hurried back unto the fears	W
Of old religion and adopt again	B
Harsh masters deemed almighty wretched men	B
Unwitting what can be and what cannot	R2
And by what law to each its scope prescribed	S2
Its boundary stone that clings so deep in Time	T2
Wherefore the more are they borne wandering on	J2
By blindfold reason And Memmius unless	W
From out thy mind thou spewest all of this	W
And casteth far from thee all thoughts which be	R
Unworthy gods and alien to their peace	W
Then often will the holy majesties	W
Of the high gods be harmful unto thee	R
As by thy thought degraded not indeed	U2
That essence supreme of gods could be by this	W
So outraged as in wrath to thirst to seek	V2
Revenges keen but even because thyself	G2
Thou plaguest with the notion that the gods	W
Even they the Calm Ones in serene repose	W
Do roll the mighty waves of wrath on wrath	W2
Nor wilt thou enter with a serene breast	X2
Shrines of the gods nor wilt thou able be	R
In tranquil peace of mind to take and know	Y2
Those images which from their holy bodies	W
Are carried into intellects of men	B
As the announcers of their form divine	I
What sort of life will follow after this	W
'Tis thine to see But that afar from us	W
Veriest reason may drive such life away	H
Much yet remains to be embellished yet	Z2
In polished verses albeit hath issued forth	A3
So much from me already lo there is	W
The law and aspect of the sky to be	R
By reason grasped there are the tempest times	W
And the bright lightnings to be hymned now	B3
Even what they do and from what cause soe'er	U
They're borne along that thou mayst tremble not	R2
Marking off regions of prophetic skies	W
For auguries O foolishly distraught	C3
Even as to whence the flying flame hath come	D3
Or to which half of heaven it turns or how	B3
Through walled places it hath wound its way	H
Or after proving its dominion there	U
How it hath speeded forth from thence amain	B3
Whereof nowise the causes do men know	B3
And think divinities are working there	U
Do thou Calliope ingenious Muse	W
Solace of mortals and delight of gods	W
Point out the course before me as I race	W
On to the white line of the utmost goal	E3
That I may get with signal praise the crown	B3
With thee my guide	F3

Lucretius

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