Of jarring seeds; and justly Chaos named.

No sun was lighted up, the world to view;

No moon did yet her blunted horns renew;

Nor yet was earth suspended in the sky;

Nor poised, did on her own foundations lie;

Nor seas about their shores the arms had thrown;

But earth, and air, and water were in one.

Thus air was void of light, and earth unstable,

And waters dark abyss unnavigable.

No certain form on any was imprest;