And all above.”...

And after a little he adds:

“And when the whole world fades,

And vanished all the abyss of ocean’s waves,

And earth of trees is bare; and wrapt in flames,

The air no more begets the winged tribes;

Then He who all destroyed, shall all restore.”

We shall find expressions similar to these also in the Orphic hymns, written as follows:

“For having hidden all, brought them again

To gladsome light, forth from his sacred heart,