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Ran with loose hair, and eyes that frighten'd you

By their own terror, and a pale amaze:

The while, little by little, as I thought,

The sun ceased, and the stars began to gather,

And each wept at the other;

And birds dropp'd in mid-flight out of the sky;

And earth shook suddenly;

And I was 'ware of one, hoarse and tired out,

Who ask'd of me: 'Hast thou not heard it said?

Thy lady, she that was so fair, is dead.'

"Then lifting up mine eyes, as the tears came,

I saw the Angels, like a rain of manna,

In a long flight flying back Heavenward;

Having a little cloud in front of them,

After the which they went and said, 'Hosanna;'

And if they had said more, you should have heard.

Then Love said, 'Now shall all things be made clear: