| Hunt and Lee, comps. The Book of the Sonnet. 1867. | | | | I. Angelic Visitants | | By Charles Mackay (1814–1889) |
| | | ON Mamre’s plain, beside the Patriarch’s door, | |
| The ministering angels sat; the world was young, | |
| And men beheld what they behold no more;— | |
| Ah, no! The harps of Heaven are not unstrung! | |
| The angelic visitants may yet appear | 5 |
| To those who seek them! Lo! at Virtue’s side, | |
| Its friend, its prop, its solace, and its guide, | |
| Walks FAITH, with upturned eyes and voice of cheer, | |
| A visible angel. Lo! at Sorrow’s call, | |
| HOPE hastens down, an angel fair and kind, | 10 |
| And whispers comfort whatsoe’er befall; | |
| While CHARITY, the seraph of the mind, | |
| White-robed and pure, becomes each good man’s guest, | |
| And makes this Earth a Heaven to all who love her best. | | | | |
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