O best of gods, blest daemon crown 'd with fire,Īnd the soul's leader to the realms of light. The splendid palace of their fire sublime.
That merged beneath life's dreadful-sounding sea, 40 Pregnant with ruin to our wretched souls, Th' illustrious source whence mighty Bacchus came Īnd thee in matter's utmost stormy depthsīut others sound thy praise in tuneful verse,ĭread the dire anger of thy rapid scourge Thee too they celebrate in sacred hymns 30 Health far diffusing, and th'extended world 25įrom thy bland dance, repelling deadly ill, To rapture strung, the raging uproar lulls Leaps forth exulting and with god-like harp, The fatal thread of mortal life roll back įor wide-extended, sov'reign sway is thine. Soon as they view thy awful beams, great king, The hours and seasons in succession rise Īnd hostile elements their conflicts cease, 15 O'er earth wide-bosomed, vivid dew diffuse. The starry fires surround thy vig'rous fire, 10 Whilst all things by thy sov'reign power are filled Hear! for high raised above th'aetherial plains,Īnd in the world's bright middle orb thou reign'st, The splendid key of life's prolific fount Īnd from on high thou pour'st harmonic streams Each human being becomes a little universe within the universe!" -Guy de Maupassant Through memory and knowledge it becomes a microcosm, carrying the world within itself. Through the power of thought it can mirror everything it experiences. "A human being - what is a human being? Everything and nothing. Submissions 1 August 2018-1 January 2019, for Winter 2019.
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