ANCIENTS NAMED THE ELEMENTS, FORCES BEYOND THEIR COMPREHENSION...
WATER The most powerful and fundamental perhaps, Of all the ancient elementals, universal solvent, Water, formless, shifting, quencher of thirst, Milk of the Goddess, springing from her breasts, From a single drop, alone and complete, To the heaving and seething briny deep, Water is the nurturer of life, changer of all, Without water, life withers and disappears, Too much, and life drowns in richness itself, As for changing, in time all erodes with its touch, The mightiest mountain becomes... Sign in to see full entry.