# Angels — Poetry character guide

> Angels in Poetry by George MacDonald.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0373-song-of-the-saints-and-angels

## Who they are

Heavenly messengers, appearing in songs and visions.

## In the story

### [An Old Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/an-old-story)

Heavenly beings who fill the 'high dome-spaces' and 'airy galleries,' watching and later singing at the birth.

### [In the Winter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/in-the-winter)

Mentioned as having the vision of every good thing that might be.

### [Fighting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/fighting)

The fair, bright angel that fights and overcomes the evil spirit.

### [Awake!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/awake)

Angels are depicted as watching and catching at the sleeper's skirts.

### [Doubt Heralding Vision](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/doubt-heralding-vision)

An angel shakes an outworn doubt from its plumes; a host of splendours appear in the sky.

### [God in Growth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/god-in-growth)

An angel appears beside the narrator on the snow, with folded wings, proclaiming God's glory in the silence.

### [Song of the Innocents](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/song-of-the-innocents)

Angels are set waiting to tend to the children, preventing them from stumbling and breaking bones.

### [Angels](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/angels)

Angels are the central figures, described as visiting houses with hidden wings.

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