To prove the possibility of the creation of a new

sun each day he says:

"Nec tamen illud in his rebus mirabile debet

esse, quod haec ignis tam certo tempore possunt
semina confluere et solis reparare nitorem.

multa videmus enim, certo quae tempore fiunt
omnibus in rebus.florescunt tempore certo
arbusta et certo dimittunt tempore florem.

fulmina postremo nix imbres nubila venti

non nimis incertis fiunt in partibus anni.

5.666

And in the account of the plague at Athens --the

farmer and the herdsman are not forgotten

-

"Praeterae jam pastor et armentarius omnis

et robustus item curvi moderator aratri languebat

6.1252

Again he illustrates his argument from the phenomenɛ of nature, where it is the different combination of atoms with which he is dealing

"'At manifesta palam res indicat' inquis 'in auras

aeris e terra res omnis crescere alique:

et nisi tempestas indulget tempore fausto
imbribus, ut tabe nimborum arbusta vacillent,
solque sua pro parte fovet tribuit que calorem,
crescere non possint fruges arbusta animantis."

1.803

The action of the sun upon the earth, and of rivers

upon their banks he cites in proof of the destructibility

of present forms of matter-

"principio pars terrai nonnulla, perusta

solibus adsiduis, multa pulsata pedum vi,
pulveris exhalat nebulam nubes que volantis
quas validi toto dispergunt aere venti.
pars etiam glebarum ad diluviem revocatur
imbribus et ripas radentia flumina rodunt."

5.251

He illustrates his theory of vision as produced

by images, as follows-

quare etiam atque etiam mira fateare necessest

corpora quae feriant oculos visumque lacessant.
perpetuousque fluunt certis ab rebus odores;
frigus ut a fluviis, calor ab sole, aestus ab undis
(1)

aequoris exesor moerorum litora circum."

4.216

The reflexion of the surroundings in a calm stream

or pond he uses as an illustration in 1.1060

"ut per aquas quae nunc rerum simulacra videmus.

The rivers as feeders of the sea are spoken of in his argument regarding the infinite supply and varied

combinations of atoms-

"efficit ut largis avidum mare fluminis undis

(1) Again 4.259. 4.161. 4.200. 4.185