Thus incorporeal Spirits to smallest forms
Reduced their shapes immense, and were at large,
Though without number still amidst the hall
Of that infernal Court. But far within
And in their own dimensions like themselves
The great Seraphic Lords and Cherubim
In close recess and secret conclave sat.

A thousand demi-gods on golden seats
Frequent and full. After short silence then
And summons read, the Great Consult began.

– Paradise Lost, John Milton