Sam Ogden

For I shall sing of God, silent-minded monarch of nature,

who, permeating sky and land and sea, controls with

uniform compact the mighty structure; how the entire uni-

verse is alive in the mutual concord of its elements and is

driven by the pulse of reason, since a single spirit dwells in

all its parts and, speeding through all things, nourishes the

world and shapes it like a living creature.

Translation from G. P. Goold