[Footnote 802: ][ (return) ] Lucretius, "On the Nature of Things," b. v. l. 431-498
After explaining the origin and causes of the varied celestial phenomena, he proceeds to give an account of the production of plants, animals, and man:
Once more return we to the world's pure prime,
Her fields yet liquid, and the tribes survey
First she put forth, and trusted to the winds.
And first the race she reared of verdant herbs,
Glistening o'er every hill; the fields at large
Shone with the verdant tincture, and the trees
Felt the deep impulse, and with outstretched arms
Broke from their bonds rejoicing. As the down