Of Figures human and divine,

White as the snows of Apennine

Indúrated by frost.

Awe-stricken she beholds the array

That guards the Temple night and day;

Angels she sees—that might from heaven have flown,

And Virgin-saints, who not in vain

Have striven by purity to gain

The beatific crown—

Sees long-drawn files,[531] concentric rings