| Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917. |
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| 301. The Fullness of Time |
| By James Stephens (b. 1882) |
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| ON a rusty iron throne | |
| Past the furthest star of space | |
| I saw Satan sit alone, | |
| Old and haggard was his face; | |
| For his work was done and he | 5 |
| Rested in eternity. | |
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| And to him from out the sun | |
| Came his father and his friend | |
| Saying, now the work is done | |
| Enmity is at an end: | 10 |
| And he guided Satan to | |
| Paradises that he knew. | |
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| Gabriel without a frown, | |
| Uriel without a spear, | |
| Raphael came singing down | 15 |
| Welcoming their ancient peer, | |
| And they seated him beside | |
| One who had been crucified. | |
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