To do good they know not.
3. The Third of the Scythian Songs is without introduction. Whether the waste, darkness, earthquake and emptiness described are imminent or have happened is still left uncertain, as in the previous songs. The Prophet speaks, but as before the Voice of God peals out at the end.
I looked to the earth, and lo chaos, 23
To the heavens, their light was gone.
I looked to the hills and[214] they quivered, 24
All the heights were a-shuddering.
I looked—and behold not a man! 25
All the birds of heaven were fled.
I looked to the gardens, lo desert, 26
All the townships destroyed,