From: The Dial, Vol. III, No. I (July 1842)
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Published: E. P. Peabody 1842 Boston
I ASKED the angels to come to me, the angels I saw in the clouds:
They came in a shower of rain, they wrapt themselves in shrouds;
Saddened and chilled I turned away, seeking the mortals on earth;
They gave me sweet welcoming smiles, and a seat by the glowing hearth.
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