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The Angel World And Other Poems

by Philip James Bailey

SpasmodicReligion19th CenturyBritish Literature

**The Angel World And Other Poems** is a collection of 17 poems written by Philip James Bailey: **The Angle World** (77 pages), **The Return** (3 pages), **Hymn of Thanks** (2 pages), **Autumn** (3 pages), **The Ring** (3 pages), **To The Trent** (3 pages), **An Ancient Legend** (5 page), **London** (1 page), **A Ruin** (1 page), **A Fragment** (2 pages), **Lovers** (1 page), **A Myth** (1 page), **Morning** (4 pages), **A Mystery** (1 page), **Prayer** (2 pages), **Hymn** (2 pages), and **Knowledge** (3 pages); many of these poems have a religious theme, relating to Heaven, the Angels, and God. **The Angel World** is a poem that describes an Angel’s battle against a demon. The poem starts off describing the Angel’s world (Heaven) as a beautiful place. The Angels themselves are also beautiful and they are sinless and divine. Eventually this beautiful realm fell under the control of Tempters and Demons and became miserable and desolate. However, in the end, the Angel was able to successfully defeat the Demon and restore his beloved ones and his world to their former, pure and beautiful selves. **The Return** is a poem about the return of people from all nations to God when they die.

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Book data: Open Library