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ONE OF EARTH'S ANGELS by ARTHUR PETERSON

First Line: NOW ART THOU BEAUTIFUL, THOU CHILD OF LIGHT!
Last Line: THY PRESENCE TO SUCH HEIGHTS HATH LIFTED ME!
Subject(s): ANGELS;

Now art thou beautiful, thou child of light!
Now with thy hair tossed back and figure still;
I drink thy beauty with a raptured sight --
I drink till soul and senses it doth fill;
O do not move, but sit forever so,
And let me gaze, and never, never go!

So bright, bright as the morn, thou breathest there;
Unconscious as the rose, or golden-rod,
How things so beautiful do upward bear
The soul into the very airs of God!
O angel golden-haired, unknown to thee,
Thy presence to such heights hath lifted me!



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