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ORDER.
A word went forth upon Creation's day,At which the void infinitude was filled
With life and light. Where horrid Chaos reigned
In dark confusion, orbéd Order rose,
And with the silent majesty of strength
Took up the sceptre of a thousand worlds,
And ruled by right divine the radiant realms.
Where all was blank vacuity, or worse,
Monstrous Disorder—fair material Form
Rose wondering from the vacant wastes of Space;
And as each world beheld its sister world,
So calm, so beautiful, so full of light,
Walking in gladness through the halls of heaven,
Like a fair daughter in her father's house,—
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Turned in pursuit; and its great eager eyes
Followed her ever down the eternal day.
Round golden suns the silver planets roll'd,
Round silver planets circled moons of pearl,
Round pearly moons, the roses of the sky,
(Eve-crimsoned clouds) stood wondering, till their cheeks
Grew pale with passion, and then dark with pain;
As sank the moons behind the unheeding hills!
1855.
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