Lucretius, De rerum natura: Libri Sex, 1566

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              Naturam rerum, ac praesentis utilitatem.</s>
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              Sed quoniam docui, cunctarum exordia rerum
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              Qualia sint, & quam varijs distantia formis
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              Sponte sua volitent aeterno percita motu;
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              Quoque modo possint res ex his quaeque creari: </s>
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              <s id="s.000876">Atque, animi quoniam docui natura quid esset
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              Et quibus e rebus cum corpore compta vigeret,
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              Quove modo distracta rediret in ordia prima:
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              Nunc agere incipiam tibi, quod vementer ad has res
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              Attinet, esse ea, quae rerum simulacra vocamus:
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              Quae quasi membranae summo de corpore rerum
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              Dereptae volitant ultroque, citroque per auras:
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              Atque eadem nobis vigilantibus obvia mentes
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              Terrificant, atque in somnis, cum saepe figuras
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              Contuimur miras, simulacraque luce carentum:
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              Quae nos horrifice languentis saepe sopore
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              Excierunt, ne forte animas Acherunte reamur
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              Effugere, aut umbras inter vivos volitare;
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              Neve aliquid nostri post mortem posse relinqui,
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              Cum corpus simul, atque animi natura perempta
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              In sua discessum dederint primordia quaeque.</s>
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              <s id="s.000877">Dico igitur rerum effigias, tenuisque figuras
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              Mittier ab rebus summo de cortice earum:
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              Quae quasi membrana, vel cortex nominitanda est:
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              Quod speciem, ac formam similem gerit eius imago,
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              Cuiuscumque cluet de corpore fusa vagari.</s>
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              Id licet hinc quamvis hebeti cognoscere corde.</s>
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              Principio, quoniam mittunt in rebus apertis
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              Corpora res multae; partim diffusa solute,
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              Robora ceu fumum mittunt, ignesque vaporem;
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              Et partim contexta magis, condensaque, ut olim
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              Cum veteris ponunt tunicas aestate cicadae;
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