He ceased and sped, hearing The Word once more:

'Beloved, go thy way and greet the Four.'

Systems and Universes overpast,

The Seraph came upon the Four, at last,

Guiding and guarding with devoted mind

The tedious generations of mankind

Who lent at most unwilling ear and eye

When they could not escape the ministry....

Yet, patient, faithful, firm, persistent, just

Toward all that gross, indifferent, facile dust,