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...unapproaehed light Dwelt from eternity ; dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose...and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite *. But to prove that they were not appropriated to the ritual of fire-worship, nay, that their history...