“IN the beginning” ... “The heavens and the earth” ...
“Let there be light” ...
After all we can’t improve on Genesis
After all we can’t improve on Genesis
For the condensed beginning of a tale!
But earth is much more earth, and heaven much more heaven
When it’s our own old Mountain, touching sky
Like this, right up in the middle of the island,
Than when it’s a mountain range across the oceans.
That’s to my way of thinking anyhow.