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THE SALTAIR NA RANN
(The heavenly messenger speaks)
"O Eve, lift up thine eyes,and suffer us to instruct thee;set thy keen pure glanceupwards clearly to the heavenly ones.
"O Woman, raise thy pure face,to behold the soul of Adam,as it is uplifted brightlybetween hosts of archangels."
On that Eve turnedto behold the soul of Adam,and she saw the beautiful peaceful soulof Adam in the company of Michael.
While Eve was thusrecognising the soul of Adam,she beheld coming towards it along the wayhosts of angels chorus-singing.
Eve beheld a Seraphmoving nobly in front of the hoston three golden wings;fair was the beloved thing[1] which he bore.
Then Eve beheldthree white shining birds(which) across the sky from holy heavenhad arrived (?) in their lustre.
  1. ↑ "Pet," or "champion.
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