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Subject: MICHAEL, THE ARCHANGEL
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ARCHANGEL MICHAEL DELIVERS A SERMON TO THE STARS, by JANE YOLEN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Mercury, venus, the dancing sisters
Last Line: Set in motion by the breath of god
Subject(s): Angels; Michael, The Archangel; Saints


AT MICHAELMAS, by BLISS CARMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: About the time of michael's feast
Last Line: Here's ragged-robin the field, %a simple vagrant
Subject(s): Autumn; Michael, The Archangel; Saints; Seasons


ENLIGHTMENT!, by HEINRICH HEINE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Have the scales that dimm'd thy vision
Last Line: To digest in peace thy food.
Subject(s): Faith; Life; Love; Michael, The Archangel; Saints; Belief; Creed; Michael, Saint


HYMN: MICHAELMAS DAY, by REGINALD HEBER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh captain of god's host, whose dreadful might
Last Line: And endless as thy mercies sound thy praise!
Subject(s): Michael, The Archangel; Saints; Michael, Saint


MAELISU'S HYMN TO THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL, by MAELISU    Poem Text                    
First Line: Angel and saint
Last Line: Give heed, o now give heed!
Subject(s): Michael, The Archangel; Saints; Michael, Saint


MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL, by KATHARINE TYNAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Not woman-faced and sweet, as look
Last Line: Splendid beyond comparison!
Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan
Subject(s): Angels; Michael, The Archangel; Saints; Soldiers; Michael, Saint


MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL; A STATUETTE: 1; SONNET, by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: My white archangel, with thy steadfast eyes
Last Line: Lama sabachthani, -- how long, how long.
Alternate Author Name(s): Mulock, Dinah Maria
Subject(s): Michael, The Archangel; Saints; Michael, Saint


MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL; A STATUETTE: 2; SONNET, by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Michael, the leader of the hosts of god
Last Line: My white archangel with the steadfast eyes.
Alternate Author Name(s): Mulock, Dinah Maria
Subject(s): Michael, The Archangel; Saints; Michael, Saint


MICHAELMAS, by NORMAN NICHOLSON                        Poet's Biography
First Line: Like a hound with a nose to the trail
Subject(s): Michael, The Archangel; Saints; Michael, Saint


MICHAELMAS, by NORMAN NICHOLSON    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Like a hound with a nose to the trail
Last Line: St. Michael's victory in the purged and praising rain
Subject(s): Michael, The Archangel; Saints


MICHAELMAS, by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: We had not thought the sky could burn so blue!
Last Line: And know the hour is near when summer stops.
Alternate Author Name(s): Duclaux, Madame Emile; Darmesteter, Mary; Robinson, A. Mary F.
Subject(s): Michael, The Archangel; Saints; Summer; Michael, Saint


SAINT MICHAEL, by CHARLES WILLIAMS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There was a motion within deity
Last Line: The twelve huge ships of the moving zodiac.
Subject(s): Michael, The Archangel; Religion; Saints; Michael, Saint; Theology


ST. MICHAEL, by FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA    Poem Source         Poet Analysis            
First Line: You can see them from the railings
Last Line: Of shouts and miradors
Subject(s): Granada, Spain; Michael, The Archangel; Saints


ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Service and strength, god's angels and archangels
Last Line: With all his creatures.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Angels; Michael, The Archangel; Saints; Michael, Saint


ST. MICHAEL, THE WEIGHER, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Stood the tall archangel weighing
Last Line: While earth's splendor and renown %mounted light as thistledown
Subject(s): Michael, The Archangel; Saints


ST. MICHAEL; A HYMN, by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Thou champion high
Last Line: And summon all to meet the omniscient judge on high.
Subject(s): Michael, The Archangel; Saints; Michael, Saint