Or charmed their fury into the dens and bowels
Of earth to smoulder, there the vital heat
To hold for her creation, which then—to her aid
Summoning high Reason from his home in heaven,—
She wrought anew upon the temperate lands.
Sem. (maidens). ’Twas well Air won this kingdom of her sire.
Sem. (youths). Now say how made she green this home of fire.
Pr. The waters first she brought, that in their streams
And pools and seas innumerable things 610
Brought forth, from whence she drew the fertile seeds