1. How (ceaselessly) heaven revolves! Flow (constantly) earth
abides at rest! And do the sun and moon contend about their
(respective) places? Who presides over and directs these
(things)? Who binds and connects them together? Who is it that,
without trouble or exertion on his part, causes and maintains
them? Is it, perhaps, that there is some secret spring, in
consequence of which they cannot be but as they are? Or is it,
perhaps, that they move and turn as they do, and cannot stop of
themselves? (Then) how the clouds become rain! And how the rain
again forms the clouds! Who diffuses them so abundantly? Who is
it that, without trouble or exertion on his part, produces this
elemental enjoyment, and seems to stimulate it? The winds rise
in the north; one blows to the west, and another to the east;
while some rise upwards, uncertain in their direction. By whose
breathing are they produced? Who is it that, without any trouble
and exertion of his own, effects all their undulations? I
venture to ask their cause 2.