On mountain tops by the wind-spirits hurled,

Blinding and blind, the sparks of spirit curled

Each to its proper soul; the wide wheels flow,

Orderly streams, and lose the rushing speed,

Meet, mingle, marry. Fire and air express

Their dews and winds of molten loveliness,

Fine flakes of arrowy light, the dawn’s first deed.

Metallic showers and smoke self-glittering

For many an aeon. Wild the pennons spring

Of streaming flame! Then, surging from the tide,