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36
AT THE SIGN OF THE ‘ANGEL’
ENGELBERG
Who takes the passing traveller for a guest
May entertain an angel unaware,
And since on yonder rocky mountain stair
Clouds broke in angel music to attest
Here God would dwell, and here His name be blest,
Angels have entertained who hither fare,
Loosed them of sorrow, freed them of earth's care,
And soothed them with some hope of heavenly rest.
May entertain an angel unaware,
And since on yonder rocky mountain stair
Clouds broke in angel music to attest
Here God would dwell, and here His name be blest,
Angels have entertained who hither fare,
Loosed them of sorrow, freed them of earth's care,
And soothed them with some hope of heavenly rest.
So, ‘Angel,’ at thy bidding I have found
Hint of the harmonies where angels dwell,
For all sweet sounds about thy portals meet:
The children's laugh, the goat-bells down the street,
Organ and choral chanting, and the sound
Of that deep, monitory, convent-bell.
Hint of the harmonies where angels dwell,
For all sweet sounds about thy portals meet:
The children's laugh, the goat-bells down the street,
Organ and choral chanting, and the sound
Of that deep, monitory, convent-bell.
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