authorities, though they are perfectly aware of what I

To shut the round sun off. Nor could the clouds,

As on they come, engulf with rain so vast

As thus to make the rivers overflow

And fields to float, if ether were not thus

Furnished with lofty-piled clouds. Lo, then,

Here be all things fulfilled with winds and fires-

Hence the long lightnings and the thunders loud.

For, verily, I've taught thee even now