by Erasmus Darwin (1731 - 1802)
Organic Life beneath the shoreless waves
Language: English
Organic Life beneath the shoreless waves Was born and nurs'd in Ocean's pearly caves; First forms minute, unseen by spheric glass, Move on the mud, or pierce the watery mass; These, as successive generations bloom, New powers acquire, and larger limbs assume; Whence countless groups of vegetation spring, And breathing realms of fin, and feet, and wing.
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Confirmed with Erasmus Darwin, The temple of nature; or, The origin of society, London : J. Johnson, 1803, p.26
Text Authorship:
- by Erasmus Darwin (1731 - 1802), no title, appears in The temple of nature; or, The origin of society, in Production of Life [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Patricia Van Ness , "Temple of Nature", 2011/2024, copyright © 2011 [ mixed chorus ]
Score: Patricia van Ness [external link] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2026-02-14
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Word count: 57