The accusing spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath,
blushed as he gave it in; and the recording angel, as he wrote it
down, dropped a tear upon the word and blotted it out forever.--STERNE.

     There are two angels that attend unseen
     Each one of us, and in great books record
     Our good and evil deeds. He who writes down
     The good ones, after every action closes
     His volume, and ascends with it to God.
     The other keeps his dreadful day-book open
     Till sunset, that we may repent; which doing,
     The record of the action fades away,
     And leaves a line of white across the page.
     Now if my act be good, as I believe it,
     It cannot be recalled. It is already
     Sealed up in heaven, as a good deed accomplished.
     The rest is yours.
                       --LONGFELLOW.

     Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth
     Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.
                       --MILTON.