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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539685" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Destroying Angel</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I dreamt a dream the other night<br>That an Angel appeared to me, clothed in white.<br>Oh! it was a beautiful sight,<br>Such as filled my heart with delight. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And in her hand she held a flaming brand,<br>Which she waved above her head most grand;<br>And on me she glared with love-beaming eyes,<br>Then she commanded me from my bed to arise. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And in a sweet voice she said, &quot;You must follow me,<br>And in a short time you shall see<br>The destruction of all the public-houses in the city,<br>Which is, my friend, the God of Heaven's decree.&quot; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then from my bed in fear I arose,<br>And quickly donned on my clothes;<br>And when that was done she said, &quot; Follow me<br>Direct to the High Street, fearlessly.&quot; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">So with the beautiful Angel away I did go,<br>And when we arrived at the High Street, Oh! what a show,<br>I suppose there were about five thousand men there,<br>All vowing vengeance against the publicans, I do declare. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the Angel cried with a solemn voice aloud<br>To that vast end Godly assembled crowd,<br>&quot;Gentlemen belonging the fair City of Dundee,<br>Remember I have been sent here by God to warn ye. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">&quot;That by God's decree ye must take up arms and follow me<br>And wreck all the public-houses in this fair City,<br>Because God cannot countenance such dens of iniquity.<br>Therefore, friends of God, come, follow me. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">&quot;Because God has said there's no use preaching against strong drink,<br>Therefore, by taking up arms against it, God does think,<br>That is the only and the effectual cure<br>To banish it from the land, He is quite sure. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">&quot;Besides, it has been denounced in Dundee for fifty years<br>By the friends of Temperance, while oft they have shed tears.<br>Therefore, God thinks there's no use denouncing it any longer,<br>Because the more that's said against it seemingly it grows stronger.&quot; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And while the Angel was thus addressing the people,<br>The Devil seemed to be standing on the Townhouse Steeple,<br>Foaming at the mouth with rage, and seemingly much annoyed,<br>And kicking the Steeple because the public-houses wore going to be destroyed. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the Angel cried, &quot; Satan, avaunt! begone!&quot;<br>Then he vanished in the flame, to the amazement of everyone;<br>And waving aloft the flaming brand,<br>That she carried in her right hand </div><div style="margin:10px 0">She cried, &quot;Now, friends of the Temperance cause, follow me:<br>For remember if's God's high decree<br>To destroy all the public-houses in this fair City;<br>Therefore, friends of God, let's commence this war immediately.&quot; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then from the High Street we all did retire,<br>As the Angel, sent by God, did desire;<br>And along the Perth Road we all did go,<br>While the Angel set fire to the public-houses along that row. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And when the Perth Road public-houses were fired, she cried, &quot; Follow me,<br>And next I'll fire the Hawkhill public-houses instantly.&quot;<br>Then away we went with the Angel, without dread or woe,<br>And she fired the IEawkhill public-houses as onward we did go. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then she cried, &quot;Let's on to the Scouringburn, in God's name.&quot;<br>And away to the Scouringburn we went, with our hearts aflame,<br>As the destroying Angel did command.<br>And when there she fired the public-houses, which looked very grand. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And when the public-houses there were blazing like a kiln,<br>She cried, &quot; Now, my friends, we'll march to the Bonnet Hill,<br>And we'll fire the dens of iniquity without dismay,<br>Therefore let's march on, my friends, without delay.&quot; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And when we arrived at the Bonnet Hill,<br>The Angel fired the public-houses, as she did well.<br>Then she cried, &quot;We'll leave them now to their fate,<br>And march on to the Murraygate.&quot; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then we marched on to the Murraygate,<br>And the Angel fired the public-houses there, a most deserving fate.<br>Then to the High Street we marched and fired them there,<br>Which was a most beautiful blaze, I do declare. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And on the High Street, old men and women were gathered there,<br>And as the flames ascended upwards, in amazement they did stare<br>When they saw the public-houses in a blaze,<br>But they clapped their hands with joy and to God gave praise. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the Angel cried, &quot;Thank God, Christ's Kingdom's near at hand,<br>And there will soon be peace and plenty throughout the land,<br>And the ravages of the demon Drink no more will be seen.&quot;<br>But, alas, I started up in bed, and behold it was a dream!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Topaz+McGonagall">William Topaz McGonagall</a><div class=q>
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That an Angel appeared to me, clothed in white.
Oh! it was a beautiful sight,
Such as filled my heart with delight. 

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Which she waved above her head most grand;
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