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Detail photo from one of my favorite marble statues; âHexeâ by Carl Cauer {1874}. Visiting national galleries & museums abroad truly make me feel like a kid in a candy store.


  How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, morning star, son of the dawn!
How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
  For thou hast said in your heart: I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God:
  I will sit also enthroned on the mount of the congregation, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.
  Yet thou shalt be brought down to the realm of the dead, to the depths of the pit. âIsaiah 14:12-15War in heaven. Gustave DorĂ©. Illustration for John Miltonâs Paradise Lost ~ 1866Â