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The Four Archangels so the legends tell	A
Raphael Gabriel Michael Azrael	A
Being first of those to whom the Power was shown	B
Stood first of all the Host before The Throne	B
And when the Charges were allotted burst	C
Tumultuous winged from out the assembly first	C
Zeal was their spur that bade them strictly heed	D
Their own high judgment on their lightest deed	D
Zeal was their spur that when relief was given	E
Urged them unwearied to new toils in Heaven	E
For Honour's sake perfecting every task	F
Beyond what e 'en Perfection's self could ask	F
And Allah Who created Zeal and Pride	G
Knows how the twain are perilous near allied	G
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It chanced on one of Heaven's long lighted days	H
The Four and all the Host being gone their ways	H
Each to his Charge the shining Courts were void	I
Save for one Seraph whom no charge employed	I
With folden wings and slumber threatened brow	J
To whom The Word quot Beloved what dost thou quot	I
quot By the Permission quot came the answer soft	I
Little I do nor do that little oft	I
As is The Will in Heaven so on Earth	K
Where by The Will I strive to make men mirth quot	I
He ceased and sped hearing The Word once more	L
quot Beloved go thy way and greet the Four quot	I
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Systems and Universes overpast	I
The Seraph came upon the Four at last	I
Guiding and guarding with devoted mind	I
The tedious generations of mankind	I
Who lent at most unwilling ear and eye	M
When they could not escape the ministry	N
Yet patient faithful firm persistent just	I
Toward all that gross indifferent facile dust	I
The Archangels laboured to discharge their trust	I
By precept and example prayer and law	A
Advice reproof and rule but labouring saw	A
Each in his fellows' countenance confessed	I
The Doubt that sickens quot Have I done my best quot	I
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Even as they sighed and turned to toil anew	O
The Seraph hailed them with observance due	O
And after some fit talk of higher things	P
Touched tentative on mundane happenings	P
This they permitting he emboldened thus	Q
Prolused of humankind promiscuous	Q
And since the large contention less avails	Q
Than instances observed he told them tales	Q
Tales of the shop the bed the court the street	I
Intimate elemental indiscreet	I
Occasions where Confusion smiting swift	I
Piles jest on jest as snow slides pile the drift	I
Whence one by one beneath derisive skies	Q
The victims' bare bewildered heads arise	Q
Tales of the passing of the spirit graced	I
With humour blinding as the doom it faced	I
Stark tales of ribaldy that broke aside	I
To tears by laughter swallowed ere they dried	I
Tales to which neither grace nor gain accrue	O
But Only Allah be exalted true	O
And only as the Seraph showed that night	I
Delighting to the limits of delight	I
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These he rehearsed with artful pause and halt	I
And such pretence of memory at fault	I
That soon the Four so well the bait was thrown	B
Came to his aid with memories of their own	B
Matters dismissed long since as small or vain	R
Whereof the high significance had lain	R
Hid till the ungirt glosses made it plain	R
Then as enlightenment came broad and fast	I
Each marvelled at his own oblivious past	I
Until the Gates of Laughter opened wide	I
The Four with that bland Seraph at their side	I
While they recalled compared and amplified	I
In utter mirth forgot both Zeal and Pride	I
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High over Heaven the lamps of midnight burned	I
Ere weak with merriment the Four returned	I
Not in that order they were wont to keep	S
Pinion to pinion answering sweep for sweep	S
In awful diapason heard afar	T
But shoutingly adrift 'twixt star and star	T
Reeling a planet's orbit left or right	I
As laughter took them in the abysmal Night	I
Or by the point of some remembered jest	I
Winged and brought helpless down through gulfs unguessed	I
Where the blank worlds that gather to the birth	K
Leaped in the Womb of Darkness at their mirth	K
And e'en Gehenna's bondsmen understood	I
They were not damned from human brotherhood	I
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Not first nor last of Heaven's high Host the Four	L
That night took place beneath The Throne once more	L
lovelier than their morning majesty	I
The understanding light behind the eye	M
more compelling than their old command	I
The new learned friendly gesture of the hand	I
sweeter than their zealous fellowship	U
The wise half smile that passed from lip to lip	U
well and roundly when Command was given	E
They told their tale against themselves to Heaven	E
And in the silence waiting on The Word	I
Received the Peace and Pardon of The Lord	I

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