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Demands of a Hostile Angel (Free verse) by MacFrantic
He who hath the blessed wings
Impatient in his wrath
Proclaims a frenzied list of rash demands
He who cast this spectacle
Most base in its device
Brandishes a splendid sword
In coarse and bloodstained hands
Morbid demon
Rapture finds thee spoiled
Forgiving God
In chaos finds thee coiled
Were you mindful
Might Love's swoon
Raze thy anger
Lift thy doom
Oh ungrateful one
For what a price thy soul
That much desired lash?
Or for hope's conspired cache?
Find yet both in boundless, barren shoals
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