Angels and Women (1924)

158 ANGELS AND WOMEN
revolutionists, but rebels, who conspire
against a beneficent Ruler. I repent; I shall
resist no more.’"
"And this to one who exalts thee above
all others, who now makes thee his equal?
Dost thou ask favor of the Eternal--thou
who hast ravished the earth, defied His law,
blasphemed His name---thou, the Counselor
of Satanas ?"
"I know not," returned Hesperus. "I remember
that I have sinned; I will sin no
more. This for myself, the rest with God."
"Prince of the West," exclaimed Satanas,
"this change is but the weakness of newborn
passion. Aloma affects piety for her
own purpose. She is but human, as thou
mayst soon prove." "Lord Satanas," said
Hesperus with dignity, "the love of woman
may sink an Angel to perdition, or bear him
upward to the gates of glory."
"The damsel hath bewitched thee. Accursed
the hour in which she perished not
See Appendix, Note 22.