Lucretius, nobler than his mood,
Who dropped his plummet down the broad
Deep universe and said "No God--"
Finding no bottom: he denied
the divine, and died
Chief poet on the Tiber-side
By grace of God: his face is stern
As one compelled, in spite of scorn,
To teach a truth he would not learn.
Who dropped his plummet down the broad
Deep universe and said "No God--"
Finding no bottom: he denied
the divine, and died
Chief poet on the Tiber-side
By grace of God: his face is stern
As one compelled, in spite of scorn,
To teach a truth he would not learn.
Elizabeth Browning - 1
