Lucretius on the Nature of Things Bailey, Cyril, Lucretius on the Nature of Things. Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1929. Inscribed: ‘Llewelyn Powys. Chydyok, East Chaldon. This book was not read by me till I was 45 years old and living on the island of Capri. The greatest poem of wisdom. Four-line verse follows. 1929