Poems and Fancies Summary

Poems and Fancies Summary

Nature Calls a Counsel, which is Motion, Figure, Matter, and Life, to Advise about Making the World

Nature decided to make the world. In its decision, it summoned a counsel. The counsel comprised of motion, life, form, and matter. The convention deliberated on how to make the world. Nature told the counsel that they have to make creatures that would adore and worship them. The counsel was directed to make fate and destiny of the creatures. From that point, Nature ordered moisture to produce water. The four elements were ordered to form a ball-like object, which is the earth. When the earth was created, other things were like air, fire, and plants were also made. Eventually, nature decided to create an intelligent creature to control other creatures. Therefore, he created man.

Death’s Endeavor to Hinder and Obstruct Nature

Death was not pleased after getting a hint of Nature’s intentions. Thus, it made all the efforts to thwart Nature’s plans. Death always wants to terminate life. It goes all-out to fill the mind with hopelessness. Death attacks the mind using sorrow and grief to persecute it. Besides, death inflicts the body with pain and severe diseases to terminate life. It has employed two servants, namely, Sloth and Sleep, to occupy half of the time of the mind in its entire life. However, Sleep is a friend of Life and usually goes against its master’s orders. When the body gets tired due to advanced age, Sleep places it in a good haven to rest peacefully.

A World Made by Atoms

Atoms are tiny, but they have made the world. Certainly, they cannot be seen with naked eyes. Atoms’ invisibility makes them take the shape of every object. Simply, atoms make up every kind. For instance, when building a house, bricks or stones are arranged in a particular order. When a gap is noticed, regardless of the shape, a fitting brick or stone is found to fill that gap. Therefore, atoms dance to fit in that gap. Atoms’ motions and forms determine the shape of an object.

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