Ádám Ulbert: Edaphon (A(eliksr

The Vision

“When busie at my Book I was upon a certain Night ,
This Vision here exprest appear’d unto my dimmed sight :
A Toad full Ruddy I saw, did drink the juice of Grapes so fast ,
Till over-charged with the broth, his Bowels all to brast :
And after that, from poyson’d Bulk he cast his venom fell ,
For Grief and Pain whereof his Members all began to swell ;
With drops of Poysoned sweat approaching thus his secret Den ,
His Cave with blasts of fumous Air he all bewhited then :
And from the which in space a Golden Humour did ensue ,
Whose falling drops from high did stain the soyl with ruddy hue.
And when his Corps the force of vital breath began to lack ,
This dying Toad became forthwith like Coal for colour Black :
Thus drowned in his proper veins of poysoned flood ;
For term of Eighty days and Four he rotting stood
By Tryal then this Venom to expel I did desire ;
For which I did commit his Carkass to a gentle Fire :
Which done, a Wonder to the sight, but more to be rehearst ;
The Toad with Colours rare through every side was pierc’d ;
And White appear’d when all the sundry hews were past :
Which after being tincted Ruddy, for everyone did last.
Then of the Venom handled thus a Medicine I did make ;
Which Venom kills, and saveth such as Venom chance to take…”
Sir George Ripley

Diese Ausstellung ist Teil der Klimabiennale Wien 2026