And there appeared
A woman wearing
Solar weaving
Wonder great
Upon her head
Twelve rigel bearing
Lunar lying
Under feet
And she with child
In painful raring
Birth travailing
Waiting cried
And then appeared
A seven-headed,
Scarlet serpent
To behold
Per capita
A crown conceited
In the heavens
Great and bold
And he with horns
Of ten defiant
Sounded sirens
“This is War!”
The third part of
The stars of Heaven
Cast to earth drawn
By his tale
Stood by as he
Bestrode the woman
Lest her child crown
And prevail
So there he nipped
Devour’d by vengeance
Tasting treason
Licked his lips
Yet she brought forth
A man child truly
Son of God and
Son of Man
Who with a rod
Of iron ruling
All the nations
Claimed His throne
The woman fled
To wild unruly
Places God ruled
And was fed
And there was war
As angeled heavens
By division
Stood opposed
As Michael and
His faithful dragons
Satan’s legions
Juxtaposed
And prevailed o’er
The cursed rebellion
Swept the leaven
Out deposed
That ancient snake,
His court included,
Saw his cunning
Cast and dyed
As Heaven’s hymn
With forte concluded,
“Christ and Kingdom
Come abide!”
And all Hell’s hiss,
Its sting extinguished,
Sulked in anguish
Day and night
By the Word and
By the blood the saints
O’ercame the fear
Of dying
Though their days on
Earth were few, still his
Were fewer and
Expiring
The dragon knew
So sought to slay and,
Wrought with woe, he
Them pursued
He vented rage
To vex the virgin
Whose Son’s birth his
Hate increased
She rested days
And times well-nourished
In her trials
Given peace
And eagle winged
From Satan’s spying
Woman flying
Found relief
The serpent’s maw
Sent floods of venom
Hoping her to
Sweep away
But earth its mouth
His malice swallowed
Buried it all
Like a grave
And dragon wrath
At war still wages
With the sainted
To this day
— Revelation Twelve
Postmillitant original rendering
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