ANGEL'S
SONG
Far
lies the road that I must take,
Far,
far the stars may roam,
But
I have far and farther still
To
go till I reach home.
My
eyes were made to watch the course
Of
star's eternal swing:
I
listen in the audient void
While
planets move and sing.
I
was not made a common wight
Of
blood or flesh or bone;
I
dwelt within the Living Light
When
Adam walked alone.
I
moved the slow wheels of the world
Till
Adam's time was full,
His
kingship come, his rule fulfilled,
To
steer the round world's hull.
But
Adam fell, his song was stilled,
And
still alone I bide.
I
hold the reigns that were his right,
The
wayward planet's guide.
Through
aeon-turnings I have made
(An
angel cannot weep)
I
look towards Heaven even as
A
steady course I keep.
Until
a Man shall come again
To
take from me the planet's rein:
Far
lies the road that I must go,
Far,
far the stars may roam;
But
I have far and farther still
To
toil, ere I reach home.
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