And let fowl fly above the earth, with wings And every bird of wing after his kind, And saw that it was good, and blessed them, saying:— Be fruitful, multiply, and in the seas, And lakes, and running streams, the waters fill. Forthwith the sounds and seas, each creek and bay, Of fish that, with their fins, and shining scales, Glide under the green wave, in sculls that oft Their callow young; but feathered soon and fledge With clang despised the ground, under a cloud In prospect. There the eagle and the stork On cliffs and cedar-tops their eyries build: Part loosely wing the region; part, more wise, Their aery caravan, high over seas Flying, and over lands, with mutual wing Easing their flight-so steers the prudent crane Their downy breast; the swan with arched neck, Walked firm; the crested cock, whose clarion sounds Of rainbows and starry eyes. The waters thus The sixth, and of creation last, arose |