Gabriel - an ekphrastic poem*

Once out of pure  form of devotion
So intoxicated by The Father's unforgettable potion
How Giambattista # painted Thee
O Thou the messenger of The Eternity,
How You, Gabriel came floating by
Only to be sighted by Her eyes
An angel of the Lord, The Infinite,
How You turned Zechariah with awe blind
And then how You doth with solemnity declared
Elisabeth and Zechariah had nothing to fear
For out of the beauty of morning's light
Out of purity that oft is missed by mortal sight
There would be the arrival, the Birth
Of John, to make mortals to be filled with mirth,

O how Gabriel, like a daniel there arrived
Out of sky how before Elisabeth He took dive
To make Her filled with gladness
Not with silver and gold and diamonds
But with that which only provides mortal with immortal dress.

{* note : Loosely based on a painting as attached, hence ekphrastic a poem it is.
# Giambattista : Giambattista Pittoni is the painter and artist upon whose painting (1758) this ekphrastic poem is based.

Ekphrastic poem : a poem that describes a painting or a work of art}