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Mysterious Agency! Ne spirits of the unbounded Universe! Whom I have sought in darkness and in light— Ne, who do compass earth about, and dwell In subtler essence— ye, to whom the tops Of mountains inaccessible are haunts, And earth's and ocean's caves familiar things—

I call upon ye by the written charm

Which gives me power upon you Rise! appear! A pause.]

They come not yet.— Now by the voice of him

Who is the first among you— by this sign,

Which makes you tremble— by the claims of him

Who is undying,— Rise! appear!

Appear! A⁴ pause.]

If it be so.— Spirits of earth and air,

Ye shall not thus elude me: by a power,

Deeper than all yet urged, a tyrant-spell,

Which had its birth-place in a star condemn'd,

The burning wreck of a demolish'd world,