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First Line: This is the genesis of heaven and earth
Last Line: Froze into suns, and thus the world was formed.
Subject(s): Creation


THIS is the genesis of Heaven and Earth.
In the beginning was a formless mist
Of atoms isolate, void of life; none wist
Aught of its neighbour atom, nor any mirth,
Nor woe, save its own vibrant pang of dearth;
Until a cosmic motion breathed and hissed
And blazed through the black silence; atoms kissed,
Clinging and clustering, with fierce throbs of birth,
And raptures of keen torment, such as stings
Demons who wed in Tophet; the night swarmed
With ringed fiery clouds, in glowing gyres
Rotating: aeons passed: the encircling rings
Split into satellites; the central fires
Froze into suns, and thus the world was formed.








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