| James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902. | | | | September 29 | | Michael the Archangel | | By Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (1826–1887) |
| | | | A festival in the Anglican and Roman Churches celebrated on Sept. 29. |
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MICHAEL, the leader of the hosts of God, | |
| Who warred with Satan for the body of him | |
| Whom, living, God had loved—If cherubim | |
| With cherubim contended for one clod | |
| Of human dust, for forty years that trod | 5 |
| The gloomy desert of heaven’s chastisement, | |
| Are there not ministering angels sent | |
| To battle with the devils that roam abroad, | |
| Clutching our living souls? “The living, still | |
| The living, they shall praise Thee!”—Let some great | 10 |
| Invisible spirit enter in and fill | |
| The howling chambers of hearts desolate; | |
| With looks like thine, O Michael, strong and wise, | |
| My white archangel with the steadfast eyes. | | | |
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