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A golden-winged Angel stood / Before the Eternal Judgement-seat: / His looks were wild, and Devils' blood / Stained his dainty hands and feet. / The Father and the Son / Knew that strife was now begun. / They knew that Satan had broken his chain, / And with millions of daemons in his train, / Was ranging over the world again. / Before the Angel had told his tale, / A sweet and a creeping sound / Like the rushing of wings was heard around; / And suddenly the lamps grew pale- / The lamps, before the Archangels seven, / That burn continually in Heaven.