The angels keep their ancient places;- Turn but a stone, and start a wing! ‘Tis ye, ‘tis your estrangèd faces, That miss the many-splendoured thing. (Francis Thompson)

The angels keep their ancient places;- Turn but a stone, and start a wing! ‘Tis ye, ‘tis your estrangèd faces, That miss the many-splendoured thing.

Francis Thompson

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