| Edmund Spenser - 1758 - 574 pages
...? How oft do they, with*golden pinions, Cleave The flitting fkies, like flying purfuivantj Againft foul fiends to aid us militant ? They for us fight, they watch and duly ward, And their bright fquadrons round about us plant,' And all for love, and nothing for reward : O why fhould heavenly God... | |
| Religion - 1832 - 852 pages
...their silver bowers leave, To come and succour us, that succour want? How oft do they, with silver pinions, cleave The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant,...Against foul fiends to aid us militant? They for us light, they watch, and duly ward; And their bright squadrons round about us plant : And all for love,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 610 pages
...embrace, That blessed angels he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe ? How oft do they their silver bowers leave To come...us that succour want ! How oft do they with golden pineons cleave The flitting skyes, like flying pursuivant, Against fowle fcendes to ayd us militant... | |
| John Ferriar - Apparitions - 1813 - 166 pages
...embrace, That blessed angels he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, to aerve his wicked foe. How oft do they their silver bowers leave. To come to succour us, that succour want i How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant; • . Against... | |
| 1845 - 624 pages
...embrace, That blessed angels he sends to and fro' To serve to wicked man,— to serve his wicked foe. How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come...do they, with golden pinions, cleave The flitting skyes, like flying pursuivant Against fowle feendes to ayd us, militant ; They for us fight, they watch,... | |
| Nathan Drake - Dramatists, English - 1817 - 708 pages
...embrace, That blessed Angels he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe ! How oft do they their silver bowers leave To come...us that succour want ! How oft do they with golden pineons cleave The flitting skyes, like flying pursuivant, Against fowle feends to ayd us militant... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1825 - 392 pages
...embrace, That blessed angels he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man — to serve this wicked foe. How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come...aid us militant ! They for us fight, they watch, and daily ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant, And all for love, and nothing for reward... | |
| Decoration and ornament - 1825
...doth embrace, That blessed angels he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked men, to serve his cruel foe. How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come...fight, they watch and duly ward, And their bright iquadrons round about us plant, And all for love, and nothing for reward : Oh ! why should heavenly... | |
| Henry Southern - 1825 - 388 pages
...embrace, That blessed angels he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man — to serve this wicked foe. How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come...aid us militant ! They for us fight, they watch, and daily ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant, And all for love, and nothing for reward... | |
| Books - 1825 - 390 pages
...embrace, That blessed angels he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man — to serve this wicked foe. How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come...aid us militant! They for us fight, they watch, and daily ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant, And all for love, and nothing for reward... | |
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