Where the angels make music o’er the starry floor,

Mortals, I have come to meet you,

And with words of peace to greet you,

And to tell you of the glory that is mine forevermore.

Once before, I found a mortal

Waiting at the heavenly portal—

Waiting out to catch some echo from that ever-opening door;

Then I seized this quickened being,

And through all his inward seeing,

Caused my burning inspiration in a fiery flood to pour.