<p>In primeval times, a maiden,<br>Beauteous Daughter of the Ether,<br>Passed for ages her existence<br>In the great expanse of heaven,<br>O'er the prairies yet enfolded.<br>Wearisome the maiden growing,<br>Her existence sad and hopeless,<br>Thus alone to live for ages<br>In the infinite expanses<br>Of the air above the sea-foam,<br>In the far outstretching spaces,<br>In a solitude of ether,<br>She descended to the ocean,<br>Waves her coach, and ...