O spirits of the sky were there
Strange enchantmen[t] filled the air
I have seen from each dark cloud
Which in gloom these vales did shroud
White robed beings glance & fly
& rend the curtain from the sky
I have seen their, wings of light
Streaming o'er the heavens height
I have seen them bend & kiss
Those eternal vales of bliss
& I've seen them close the cloud
& I've seen them fast enshroud
The edens of unfading bloom
All in mist & all in gloom
O the darkness of that night
O the grandeur of that sight
None can speak it none can tell
Heark I hear the thunder swell
Crashing through the firmament
'tis by wrothful spirits sent
Warning me to say no more
Now hath ceased the dreadful roar
Now a calm is all around
Not a breath & not a sound
That frozen stillness stirs to break
This is natures silent sleep
Sudden night above me springs
Sudden music round me rings
Now again the spirits dance
Again the sunbeams glance
This is light & this is mirth
All of heaven not of earth
Up hath risen purple morn
Love & joy & life are born
I veil my eyes with a holy fear
For the coming visions no mortal may bear