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was rifting
  • past progressive of rift.

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When she vanished, I—uplifting Eyes to where the dawn was rifting Darkness,—lo! beheld a shadow Towering on Earth's utmost peaks; 'Round whom morning's eldorado Rivered gold in blinding streaks.

From Weeds by the Wall Verses by Cawein, Madison Julius