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14 How awful darkness broods, and one by one

They pass within; but what is seen by them

Within the temple; who of men shall tell,

Only dim legends handed down and told

From age to age; but no man knows the truth,

Only they tell that sudden light was seen,

And then the darkness covered all again.

Anon the thunder rolls and breaks along,

Crashing and thrilling all the halls among,

And then the silence covered all again.

Sweet and fearful sounds,

Following in alternation till the soul

Was melted all within, the heart was still

And almost life departed, then at last

The glory of the goddess was revealed.