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Heaven and Earth; A Mystery
Founded on the Following Passage in Genesis, Chap. vi. 1, 2.
"And it came to pass ... that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose."
"And woman wailing for her demon lover."
Coleridge [Kubla Khan, line 16]