“And the angel Israfel, whose heart-strings are a lute, and who has the sweetest voice of all God’s creatures.”
—KORAN
In Heaven a spirit doth dwell
“Whose heart-strings are a lute”;
None sing so wildly well
As the angel Israfel,
And the giddy stars (so legends tell),
Ceasing their hymns, attend the spell
Of his voice, all mute.
Tottering above
In her…
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