In violet haze and on a cloud, Whilst rainbows were my only muse, I took their route to earthy ground And slid down out of heaven's blue. In green-tinged greeting I was met As softest grass diffused my fall, And so with greatest introspect, I wondered at this earthly call. ------------- I saw it, then, the trees sad blight And how the flowers sadly bent; I saw how dark replaced the light And why I was, from heaven, sent. An angel Who now comes to you By seeing past your many wrongs; Who tells you of the sky's pure blue, And of the heavens' purist songs.