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When God was making the world, / (Swift was the wind and white was the fire) / The feet of His people danced the stars; / There was laughter and swinging bells, / And clanging iron and breaking breath, / The hammers of heaven making the hills, / The vales, on the anvils of God. / (Wild is the fire and low is the wind)
When God had finished the world, / (Bright was the fire and sweet was the wind) / Up from the valleys came song, / To answer the morning stars; / And the hand of man on the anvil rang, / His breath was big in his breast, his life / Beat strong 'gainst the walls of the world. / (Glad is the wind and tall is the fire)