sky-fallen

Updated: May 21, 2025

Germain celestial dynasty, geologic gods, coevals of the old Silurian strata, to wit, Kronos, Rhea, Nox, et al. Here these old, unsceptred, discrowned, and sky-fallen potentates "cogitate in their watery ooze," and in "the shady sadness of vales," sometimes visited by their successors for counsel or concealment, or for the purpose of establishing harmony amongst them.

Various - The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859