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CHAUNTS OF LIFE.
I.
Struck out of dim fluctuant forces and shock of
electrical vapour,
Repelled and attracted the atoms flashed mingling
in union primeval,
And over the face of the waters far heaving in
limitless twilight
Auroral pulsations thrilled faintly, and, striking the
blank heaving surface,
The measureless speed of their motion now leaped
into light on the waters.
And lo, from the womb of the waters, upheaved in
volcanic convulsion,
