Till the strong saplings, rank and file, stood up,

A mighty army, which o'erran the isle,

And changed the wilderness into a forest.

All this appear'd accomplish'd in the space

Between the morning and the evening star:

So, in his third day's work, Jehovah spake,

And Earth, an infant, naked as she came

Out of the womb of chaos, straight put on

Her beautiful attire, and deck'd her robe

Of verdure with ten thousand glorious flowers,