Hope And Despair - #13

in #poem8 years ago

Said God, "You sisters, ere ye go
Down among men, my work to do,
I will on each a badge bestow:
Hope I love best, and gold for her,
Yet a silver glory for Despair,
For she is my angel too."

Then like a queen, Despair
Put on the stars to wear.
But Hope took ears of corn, and round
Her temples in a wreath them bound.
Which think ye lookt the more fair?

By Lascelles Abercrombie

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One of my metaphysical​ speculations is that​ female angel​s are upon the earth:)

Angels have no gender. They are all spirit being.