• From “Paradise Lost,” Book VI.
    THE ARRAY
                        NOW went forth the morn,
    Such as in highest heaven, arrayed in gold
    Empyreal; from before her vanished night,
    Shot through with orient beams; when all the plain
    Covered with thick embattled squadrons bright,
    Chariots, and flaming arms, and fiery steeds,
    Reflecting blaze on...

  • Angels in the early morning

    May be seen the dews among,

    Stooping, plucking, smiling, flying :

    Do the buds to them belong ?


    Angels when the sun is hottest

    May be seen the sands among,

    Stooping, plucking, sighing, flying...

  • God permits industrious Angels —

    Afternoons — to play —

    I met one — forgot my Schoolmates —

    All — for Him — straightway —

    God calls home — the Angels — promptly —

    At the Setting Sun —

    I missed mine — how dreary — Marbles —

    After playing Crown!