SILENT, the Lord of the world
Eyes from the heavenly height,
Girt by his far-shining train,
Us, who with banners unfurl'd
“SILENT” draws attention both in being the first (and only fully capitalized) word, and by its atypical assignment to “the Lord of the world.” 
 Silence can point to absence, and indeed God at this point has not yet decided to interfere with the mortals' battle. It can also hint at melancholy or contemplation–again not commonly attributed to God in Christian traditions–which the “Turmoil of death and of birth” (l. 9) may be giving rise to. 
 
 Victor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov,  Savaoph, God the Father, 1885-96 . Tretyakov Gallery.
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