And those who undo the bonds gently ,

And who softly release the soul . ( Of the believer )

and those that draw out violently ,

By the angels who release with gentle release .

By those ( angels ) who gently take out ( the souls of the believers )

And those who remove gently .

and gently take it away

By the meteors rushing ,

by those who draw it out gently ,

by the drawers ( the angels of death ) , gently drawing ( the souls of the believers ) ,

And by those who remove with ease

by the angels who gently release the souls of the believers ,

And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed ,

and those that blow gently ,

By those who gently draw out ( the souls of the blessed )

The hump of Hitler s bunker curved softly under the earth a football pitch or so away.

So it appears that all three primary caregivers myself, my wife and our nanny were systematically and, I would think, subconsciously restructuring our language to meet him at the birth of a word and bring him gently into more complex language.

He says this Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with gold and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half light, I would spread the cloths under your feet But I, being poor, have only my dreams I have spread my dreams under your feet Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

I closed the huge doors behind me and walked softly towards the altar. I was in the opium of the people.