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Principio caelum ac terras camposque liquentis
Lucentemque globum Lunae Titaniaque astra
Spiritus intus alit, totamque infusa per artus
Mens agitat molem et magno se corpore miscet.
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Know first, the heaven, the earth, the main, The moon's pale orb, the starry train. Are nourished by a soul, A bright intelligence, whose flame Glows in each member of the frame, And stirs the mighty whole.
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Lines 724-727 (translated by John Conington)
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Variant translation: The Spirit blows through the world, penetrates all its parts. Mind moves matter and mixes itself with the great body.

 
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