Angels and Women (1924)

GREATER CHANGE 161
cometh l" The place was vacant in a moment,
and an awful form, indistinct and
shapeless, descended from the air to complete
the decorations. Closely screened by
the lattice, I fled not, but breathlessly observed
his motions, wondering thereat with
great amazement. He beckoned the clouds;
they came, and he shook out their folds; he
called the winds, and they rushed to obey
his mandates; in the vast cavern of his mouth
were they confined till driven forth to do his
bidding. Across his vague shoulders were
flung iris-hued bows, and his quiver held
forked lightnings.
With fitful force he began to labor, raising
from the corner towers tall columns of
vapors, white and glistening as the foam of
the ocean. These he united by prismatic
arches thrown across the court, meeting at
a point above the throne. Over the lofty
dome thus formed, this awful being stretched
a cloud-curtain rosy in hue, which softened
while it did not obscure the light. From the