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out of dim fluctuant forces and shock of
 * electrical vapour,

Repelled and attracted the atoms flashed mingling
 * in union primeval,

And over the face of the waters far heaving in
 * limitless twilight

Auroral pulsations thrilled faintly, and, striking the
 * blank heaving surface,

The measureless speed of their motion now leaped
 * into light on the waters.

And lo, from the womb of the waters, upheaved in
 * volcanic convulsion,