TLucretius Carus, Of the nature of things . T. Lucretius Carus Ind Vekvs, Glory of the bleft Abodes,Parent o^I^ome; xhief Joy of Men and Gods:Delight of all, Comfort of Seaand Earth:To whofe kind Powrs all Crea-tures owe their Birth:At T H Y Approach, G-r e a t G o d d e s s, ftrait removeWhatever Things are rough, and Foes to Love :The Clouds difperfe, the Winds moft fwifcly revrently in Murmurs breathe their Laft : Lucretius begins his Poem withan Invocation of Venus ; a gayand beautiful Goddefs, a Friendof Mars, and, as the Fables fay,fometimes too immodeftly fami-liar
TLucretius Carus, Of the nature of things . T. Lucretius Carus Ind Vekvs, Glory of the bleft Abodes,Parent o^I^ome; xhief Joy of Men and Gods:Delight of all, Comfort of Seaand Earth:To whofe kind Powrs all Crea-tures owe their Birth:At T H Y Approach, G-r e a t G o d d e s s, ftrait removeWhatever Things are rough, and Foes to Love :The Clouds difperfe, the Winds moft fwifcly revrently in Murmurs breathe their Laft : Lucretius begins his Poem withan Invocation of Venus ; a gayand beautiful Goddefs, a Friendof Mars, and, as the Fables fay,fometimes too immodeftly fami-liar with him : But by whofePower all Animals are generated,by whofe Charms all Nature isgoverned, and who alone can giveall Beauty and Gracefulnefs. Hetherefore makes choice of her, asthe fitteft Patron for a Man, whois going to treat of the Nature ofThings ; He asks of her to be-jftow Smoothnefs on his Verfe,gnd to procure a Peace for Rome;which ihe may eaiily obtain fromher dreadful Servant the God ofWar; For while the Republickw^s ingag4 in ArmSj neither himfelf, nor his Memmius, towiiom he infcribes this Poem,could find leifure to attend tothe Studies of Philofophy. Nou-whatever may be the Opinion ofothers, he, by this Invocation,excellently well performs thePart of a Poet, who intends totreat of Nature, and of an Epi-curean Philofopher like wife iFor he derides wliile he invokes 5and as we feldom find a morebeautiful, fo we neve
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