The Lord descended from above,
And bow'd the Heavens high,
And underneath his Feet he cast
The Darkness of the Sky.

On Cherubs and on Cherubims
Full royally he rode,
And on the Wings of mighty Winds
Came flying all abroad.

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• by Thomas Sternhold (d. 1549) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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• by George Dyson (1883 - 1964), "O whither shall my troubled muse incline", 1945-1949, from Quo Vadis: a Cycle of Poems, no. 3
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