There he spoke (=sang) who (=he) could relate (述说) the beginning of men far back in time（字面上的意思）, said that (标红的并列, 别问为什么没连词，前段时间有这方面的帖子)

the Almighty made the earth, a bright field fair（美好的东西） in the water that surrounds it,  

划线部分同位语；it = a bright field fair= the earth

set up in triumph (状语提前了) the lights of the sun and the moon to lighten land-dwellers, and adorned the surfaces of the earth with branches and leaves, created also life for each of the kinds that move and breath. （加黑的并列）

这是第一眼的读感，供参考。