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Title: Listening Angels Author: Adelaide Anne Procter [More Titles by Procter] Blue against the bluer Heavens Listening leant those silent Angels, I heard the sound of many trumpets But the clang had ceased; the echoes Then I heard a fainter clamour, When the sunset came in glory, Then, as daylight slowly vanished, When the chant was done, and lingering Silent came the gathering darkness, Through the sounds of war and labour But the starry night was coming; [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |