Angels and Women (1924)

GREATER 49 CHANGE 1
kingdom has remained undisturbed, but now
the enemy is roused, and sternest danger
threatens.
He calls upon Agnaris, the god of Fire.
Swift, subtle, uncertain, he moves forward,
his step marked by a scorched footprint. On
his head gleams no star, but in place thereof
a crown of thin flames. His eyeballs glow
like living coals, his voice is hollow and
gusty. The Devas shrink from his hot
breath, all save the lord Satanas, before
whose piercing glance Agnaris grows pale
and almost disappears. He bids the great
Master look to the stars that draw upon their
central fires, which struggle to be free.
They heave the bed of ocean; they strive to
burst the ribs of earth; the demons cannot
restrain their fury.
Agnaris disappears, vanishes in space, and
the aerial voice of Prince Owadu is heard.
In his realm is a great planet uninhabited,
cracked and fissured, deep-seamed and rent
by volcanic fire. Deep, jarring, splitting