“Air, and ye elements, the eldest birth Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform; and mix And nourish all things.”

About Mark Akenside

Poet • British

Mark Akenside was an English poet and physician born in Newcastle upon Tyne. His most famous work, 'The Pleasures of the Imagination,' was a long didactic poem published in 1744 that explored aesthetics and philosophy....