The Angel of Dawn.

J. S. Cutler.

One morn an angel stopped beside my door,

Clad in the shining garments of the dawn;

Upon his brow a starry crown he wore;

In his right hand a flaming sword was drawn.

With terror filled, I prayed with piteous cry

The angel-presence then to pass me by.

“I am not death,” the angel said, and smiled;