And when, in love and mercy strong,
His God and Saviour meets him,
The angel-choir, to join their throng,
With hearty welcome greets him.”
Among the throng of redeemed Penitents one appears conspicuous, whose name, while she lived on earth, was Margaret; she is close by the Virgin, interceding for Faust, and ever as she mounts with the Queen of Heaven to higher stages of glory, draws the newcomer after her to share in her sempiternal blessedness. The curtain then falls; the redeemed throngs ascend; and the scene resounds with the mystical chorus:—
“Earth and earthly things
Type the celestial,
Shadow and show
Is all glory terrestrial;
Beauty immortal