John Milton on Angels
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“As far as angel's ken.”
“O welcome, pure-eyed Faith, white-handed Hope, Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings!”
“Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.”
“The helmed Cherubim, And sworded Seraphim, Are seen in glittering ranks with wings display'd.”
“How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled!”
“For God will deign To visit oft the dwellings of just men Delighted, and with frequent intercourse Thither will send his winged messengers On errants of supernal grace.”