ine ▁Bar ing - G ould ▁( 1 8 3 4 – 1 9 2 4 ), ▁wrote ▁the ▁English ▁lyr ics ▁to ▁Gabriel ' s ▁Message , ▁which ▁he ▁translated ▁from ▁the ▁Bas que ▁Christmas ▁car ol ▁Bir j ina ▁gaz t etto ▁bat ▁z ego en , ▁which ▁was ▁probably ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁or ▁ 1 4 th - century ▁Latin ▁chant ▁Angel us ▁Ad ▁Virgin em , ▁which ▁itself ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁bib lic al ▁account ▁of ▁the ▁Ann unci ation ▁in ▁the ▁G ospel ▁of ▁Luke . ▁In ▁Cre ed ' s ▁song , ▁" My ▁O wn ▁Pr ison ", ▁Gabriel ▁is ▁mentioned ▁de ci ph ering ▁the ▁vis ions ▁to ▁the ▁main ▁character ▁in ▁the ▁song . ▁" S ug ar ▁Baby ", ▁the ▁last ▁track ▁on ▁Bob ▁D yl an ' s ▁Love ▁and ▁The ft ▁album , ▁contains ▁this ▁reference : ▁" Just ▁as ▁sure ▁as ▁we ' re ▁living , ▁just ▁as ▁sure ▁as ▁we ' re ▁born / ▁Look ▁up , ▁look ▁up ▁- ▁seek ▁your ▁M aker ▁- ▁' fore ▁Gabriel ▁blow s ▁his ▁horn ." ▁ ▁Visual ▁art See ▁also ▁Gabriel ▁gallery ▁in ▁Commons . ▁ ▁Daniel ▁ 8 : 1 5 ▁describes ▁Gabriel ▁as ▁appearing ▁in ▁the ▁" li ken ess ▁of ▁man " ▁and ▁in ▁Daniel ▁ 9 : 2 1 ▁he ▁is ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁" the ▁man ▁Gabriel ." ▁David ▁E vers on ▁obser ves ▁that ▁" such ▁anth rop omorphic ▁descri