Ebony and Crystal/The Abyss Triumphant
THE ABYSS TRIUMPHANT
The force of suns had waned beyond recall.Chaos was re-established over all,Where lifeless atoms through forgetful deepsFled unrelated, cold, immusical.
Above the tumult heaven alone endured;Long since the bursting walls of hell had pouredDemon and damned to peace erstwhile denied,Within the Abyss God's might had not immured.
(He could but thwart it with creative mace.***)And now it rose above the heavenly base,Mordant at pillars rotten through and throughOf Matter's last, most firm abiding-place.
Bastion and minaret began to nod,Till all the pile, unmindful of His rod,Dissolved in thunder, and the void AbyssCaught like a quicksand at the feet of God!