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The word of the Lord of the outer worlds / Went forth on the deeps of space, / That Michael, Gabriel, Rafael, / Should stand before his face, / The seraphs of his threefold will, / Each in his ordered place.
Brave Michael, the right hand of God, / Strong Gabriel, his voice, / Fair Rafael, his holy breath / That makes the world rejoice, -- / Archangels of omnipotence, / Of knowledge, and of choice;