...their nectar, and the bolts are hurl'd Far below them in the valleys, and the clouds are lightly curl'd Round their golden houses, girdled with the gleaming...flaming towns, and sinking ships, and praying hands. But they smile, they find a music centred in a doleful song Steaming up, a lamentation and an ancient...

...nectar, and the bolts are hurli I Far below them in the valleys, and the clouds are lightly curled Round their golden houses, girdled with the gleaming...flaming towns, and sinking ships, and praying hands. But they smile, they find a music centered in a doleful song Steaming up, a lamentation and an ancient...

...nectar, and the bolt» an hurl'd Far below them in the valleys, and the clonds are lightly curl'd Ronnd their golden houses, girdled with the gleaming world...and famine, plague and earthquake, roaring deeps and flery sands, Clanging fights, and flaming towns, and sinking ships, and praying hands. But they smile,...

...the valleys, and the clouds are lightly curl'd Where they smile in secret, looking over wasted lauds, Blight and famine, plague and earthquake, roaring...flaming towns, and sinking ships, and praying hands. But they smile, they find a music centred in a doleful song Steaming up, a lamentation and an ancient...

...and the clouds are lightly curled Bound their golden houses, girdled with the gleaming world ; WTiere they smile in secret, looking over wasted lands, Blight...flaming towns, and sinking ships, and praying hands. But they smile, they find a music centred in a doleful song Steaming up, a lamentation and an ancient...

...hnrl'd Far helow them in the valleys, and the clonds are lightly cnrl'd Ronnd their golden honses, girdled with the gleaming world : Where they smile...secret, looking over wasted lands, Blight and famine, plagne and earthqnake. roaring deeps and flery sands, Clanging lights, and flaming towus, and sinking...

...their nectar, and the bolts are hurled Far below them in the valleys, and the clouds are lightly curled Round their golden houses, girdled with the gleaming...flaming towns, and sinking ships, and praying hands. And praying hands. Oh, my friends, is not the question of all questions for such poor mortal souls...

...their nectar, and the bolts are hurl'd Far beloy them in the valleys, and the clouds are lightly curl'd Round their golden houses, girdled with the gleaming...flaming towns, and sinking ships, and praying hands. But they smile, they find a music centred in a doleful song Steaming up, a lamentation and an ancient...

...nectar, and the bolts are hurled Far Below them in the valleys, and the clouds are lightly curled Hound their golden houses, girdled with the gleaming world,...and flaming towns, and sinking ships, and praying Jtands. And praying hands. Oh, my friends, is not the question of all questions for such poor mortal...

...their nectar, and the bolts are hurl'd Far below them in the valleys, and the clouds are lightly curl'd Round their golden houses, girdled with the gleaming...flaming towns, and sinking ships and praying hands." The ancient Roman poet Lucretius, in his well-known poem " De Rerum Natura," has beautifully interpreted...