The dark seeds planted in the earth

Have blossomed in the upper sky,

In airy gardens have new birth."

There did he make an end, for O

Those spirits, singing, darted by again,

And at the showering sound he trembled so

I saw his earthly dalliance gave him pain,

And cried in sorrow, "O my friend, farewell!

Now from the luminous, paradisal bands,

Gabriel, Israfel, Ithuriel,