The mighty song from chaos rose. —
Around his throne the formless atoms sleep,
And drowzy Darkness broods upon the deep. —
Confusion, wake!
Bid the realms of Chaos shake!
Rouse him from his dread repose!
Hark! loud Discord breaks her chain:
The hostile atoms clash with deafning roar:
Her hoarse voice thunders thro' the drear domain;
And kindles every element to war. —
"Tumult cease!
" Sink to peace!
"Let there be light!" — th' Almighty said:
And lo, the radiant Sun,
Flaming from his orient bed,
His endless course begun.
See, the twinkling Pleiads rise:
Thy star, Orion, reddens in the skies:
While slow around the northern plain,
Arcturus wheels his nightly wane.