ImmediatelytheMountainshugeappeer[285]
Emergent,andthirbroadbarebacksupheave
IntotheClouds,thirtopsasdtheSkie:
SohighasheavdthetumidHills,solow
Downsunkahollowbottombroadanddeep,
CapaciousbedofWaters:thitherthey[290]
Hastedwithgladprecipitance,uprowld
Asdropsondustglobingfromthedrie;
PartriseincrystalWall,edirect,
Forhaste;suchflightthegreatandimpressd
Ontheswiftflouds:asArmiesatthecall[295]
OfTrumpet(forofArmiesthouhastheard)
TrooptothirStandard,sothewatriethrong,
WaverowlingafterWave,wherewaytheyfound,
Ifsteep,withtorrentrapture,ifthroughPlaine,
Soft-ebbing;norwithstoodthemRockorHill,[300]
Butthey,orunderground,orcircuitwide
WithSerpenterrourwandring,foundthirway,
AndonthewashieOosedeepelswore;
Easie,ereGodhadbidthegroundbedrie,
Allbutwithinthosebanks,whereRiversnow[305]
Stream,aualdrawthirhumidtraine.
ThedryLah,andthegreatreceptacle
OfgregatedWatershecalldSeas:
Andsawthatitwasgood,andsaid,LetthEarth
PutforththeverdantGrass,HerbyieldingSeed,[310]
AndFruitTreeyieldingFruitafterherkind;
WhoseSeedisinherselfupoh.
Hescarcehadsaid,whenthebareEarth,tillthen
Desertandbare,unsightly,unadornd,
BroughtforththetenderGrass,whoseverdureclad[315]
HerUniversalFacewithpleasantgreen,
ThenHerbsofeveryleaf,thatsuddenflourd
Opningthirvariouscolours,andmadegay