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A wink swift lightened from th’Omnipotent
In the mysterious shadow of eternity,
And Chaos shuddered with a horrid roar,
And light sprung out, and all the vivid fire
From the dark womb quick in an instant sprung
Into bright orbs of heaven. But from that shock
And mighty conflict in the nascent sun’s
Divine, all-vivid centre was struck up
A germ, a salient point: three instants flew
And formed, as lightning in that genial heat
Sprung rapid out a Goddess youthful, bright,
And ruddy flamed her wings; on the new sun’s
Grand orb she stood in glowing majesty,
Smiled at the world, and thought her sun-born charms
Worth heaven. God saw her, took her to his throne,
As of the virtues one: next on his right
Sits his eternal Justlce; at the glance
Of that all-mighty beauty’s charm serene
The flame-winged Goddess swift in sympathy
Flew to her, sunk with rapture to her feet.
A flash shoot red through heaven, all its bright choirs
Roared distant; the thrones lightened, on God’s left
The virtues all of Mercy, grand though sweet
Felt a delight, but a delight with awe.
God thought, and called her name: Revenge Divine.
Her looks are beams of fire, and when she darts
Fierce one such look into the soul of Man,
Still in his germ a hero shall be born
To punish nations or to punish kings.
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