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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET: TO HOMER by JOHN KEATS HE WROTE THE HISTORY BOOK,' IT SAID by MARIANNE MOORE I SAW THREE SHIPS by MOTHER GOOSE THE CONVENT THRESHOLD by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI WHY THUS LONGING by HARRIET WINSLOW SEWALL |