Through all the living Regions dost thou move,And scatter'st, where thou goest, the kindly Seeds of Love:Since then the race of every living thing,Obeys thy pow'r; since nothing new can springWithout thy Warmth, without thy Influence bear,Or beautiful or lovesome can appear,Be thou my Aid: my tuneful Song inspire,And kindle with thy own productive Fire;
1700, John Dryden, “The Beginning of the First Book of Lucretius,”, in Lucretius His Six Books of Epicurean Philosophy:and Manlius His Five Books. Containing a System of the ncient Astronomy and Astrology