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Doc. 95.] 329
SWEDENBORG TO BENZELIUS.
aërial sulphur proceeds from the surface of the earth by the
action of the sun, and that a dry temperature sublimates such
a subtle sulphur into the form of a gas, etc.
Em. Sw.
[Probably written between June 1720 and June 1721, either
at Skinskatteberg or at Starbo.]
DOCUMENT 95.
SWEDENBORG TO BENZELIUS.
[Swedenborg added to a MS. copy of his Miscellanea Obser
vata, which he sent from Liege, Holland, to Ericus Ben
zelius, on December 12, 1721, the following :- ]
P. S. * Great illuminations are made in Holland by the
Russian ministers for certain reasons, and I was present at the
Hague when Prince Kurakin let his rockets fly and his wine
flow ; the following verses were exhibited upon this occasion :
“ Marte triumpharunt aquilæ, jam pace triumphant,
Quo Mars ante stetit, Pax sedet alma loco.
Bis denis gemuit Septentrio turbidus amnis,
Ast lætam retulit Pacis oliva diem.
Sanguinis iverunt, jam flumina nectaris ibunt,
Marte catenato, Bacchus ad arma venit.
(The eagles victorious in war, now triumph in peace;
Where Mars once stood, there lovely peace now reigns.
For twenty long years the wild northern stream
rushed forth.
But olive-branched peace now ushers in days of joy.
The rivers of blood into rivers of wine are changed,
When Mars is chained, then Bacchus will call to arms.)
* The original of this P. S. is contained in the “ Benzelius Collection,"
Vol. XL, No. 148D, and a photo-lithographic copy is included in Vol. I of
the photo -lithographed MSS. of Swedenborg, page 193.
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