Spread its broad arch: and say from these what gods,
Givers of blessings, sprang: and how they shared
Heaven’s splendid attributes and parted out
Distinct their honours: and how first they fix’d
Their dwelling midst Olympus’ winding vales:
Tell, oh ye Muses! ye who also dwell
In mansions of Olympus: tell me all
From the beginning: say who first arose.
[156]First of all beings Chaos was: and next
Wide-bosom’d Earth, the seat for ever firm