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I. “AND GOD SAID, LET THERE BE LIGHT!”
Earth heard the loud, the solemn sound,
And started from her utmost bound;
And Darkness, on his ebon car,
Spread his black wings, and fled afar;
The dun clouds open'd at the sight,
And hail'd the burst of life and light!
And started from her utmost bound;
And Darkness, on his ebon car,
Spread his black wings, and fled afar;
The dun clouds open'd at the sight,
And hail'd the burst of life and light!
“'Tis light! 'tis light!” the mountains rung,
“'Tis light! 'tis light!” the valleys sung!
The stars beheld its dawning bright,
The spheres confess'd the Godhead's might,
While Nature's universal voice
Proclaim'd aloud, “Rejoice! rejoice!”
“'Tis light! 'tis light!” the valleys sung!
The stars beheld its dawning bright,
The spheres confess'd the Godhead's might,
While Nature's universal voice
Proclaim'd aloud, “Rejoice! rejoice!”
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