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QUATRAINS OF IDLENESS, by                    
First Line: When angels walk across the sky
Last Line: To use in case he has to drink.
Subject(s): Angels; Idleness; Laziness; Sloth; Indolence


WHEN angels walk across the sky
On God-sent errands, near and far,
To keep their golden sandals dry,
They merely step from star to star!

There is a grove where every breeze
Is made of tender lovers' sighs,
And kisses blossom on the trees,
And every leaf has loving eyes.

The magic gardens of the night
I know are very, very far;
Because their dews are tears of light
Shed by a mourning widowed star.

If it had been my lot to be
A moon to light the summer air,
I think you would have been the sea —
I would have seen my image there!

You must have climbed the sky last night,
And reached the moon and sat you there,
And bathed your soul in silver light —
So pure you look, so white and fair!

The moon must be a well profound
Whence flow the flood of limpid beams
That, as they spill upon the ground,
Make bathing-pools for souls of dreams!

If all the stars should fall some night
Upon the beach where I might be,
I'd build with them a road of light
For you to walk across the sea!

The moon is but an icy jar
Where angels cool their wine, I think
In lieu of cups each has his star
To use in case he has to drink.





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