ISAACUS NEWTONUS:
QUEM IMMORTALEM
TESTANTUR TEMPUS, NATURA, COELUM:
MORTALEM
HOC MARMOR FATETUR.
Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night
God said, Let Newton be! and all was light.
Classic poem
Epitaph. Intended for Sir Isaac Newton, in Westminster Abbey.
Public domain/Source
About this poem
- First line
- ISAACUS NEWTONUS:
- Poet
- Alexander Pope
- Themes
- nature, death, hope, faith
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