This limit of the earth above is seen at our feet in contact with the air;[[285]] below it reaches down without a limit. R. P. 103.
All things are earth and water that come into being and grow. R. P. 103.
The sea is the source of water and the source of wind; for neither in the clouds (would there be any blasts of wind blowing forth) from within without the mighty sea, nor rivers’ streams nor rain-water from the sky. The mighty sea is father of clouds and of winds and of rivers.[[286]] R. P. 103.
The sun swinging over[[287]] the earth and warming it....
She that they call Iris is a cloud likewise, purple, scarlet and green to behold. R. P. 103.