 How oft do they their silver bowers leave To come to succour us, that succour want ! How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant, Against foul fiends to aid us militant ! They for us fight, they watch and duly...  The Fairy Queen - Page 269by Edmund Spenser - 1758Full view - About this book
 | Frederic William Farrar - English poetry - 1883 - 498 pages
...want ! How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant, Against foul fiends to aid us militant ! They for us fight, they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant ; And all for love, and nothing for reward. O ! why should heavenly... | |
 | John Presland - Creeds - 1883 - 456 pages
...want ! How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant Against foul fiends to aid us militant ! They for us fight, they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant ; And all for love, and nothing for reward. Oh ! why should heavenly... | |
 | Christian life - 1883 - 810 pages
...want ? How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The Hitting skies, like flying pursuivants, Against foul fiends to aid us militant ! They for us fight, they watch, and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant, And all for love, and nothing for reward. In this respect the dream... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - History - 1883 - 382 pages
...want ! How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant, Against foul fiends to aid us militant ! They for us fight, they watch and duly w r ard, And their bright squadrons round about And all for love and nothing for rew r ard ; 0, why... | |
 | A. A. Benton - Episcopal Church - 1883 - 824 pages
...waut 1 How oft do they with golden pinions clears The flitting skim, like flying pursuivant, Against foul fiends to aid us militant! They for us fight, they watch and duly war, And their bright squadrons round abont us plant, And all for love, and nothing for reward, —... | |
 | Angelo Ames Benton - Religion - 1883 - 830 pages
...How oft do they with golden pinions cleavt The flitting skies, like Hying pursuivant, Against f<m] fiends to aid us militant! They for us fight, they watch and duly war, And their bright squadrons round about us plant, And all for love, and nothiug for reward, —... | |
 | Edwin O. Chapman - American poetry - 1884 - 430 pages
...want I How oft do they with golden pinions cle?ve The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant, Against foul fiends to aid us militant ! They for us fight, they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant; And all for love and nothing; for reward: O, why should heavenly God... | |
 | Bishop Samuel Fallows - 1884 - 524 pages
...succor want! How do they with golden pinions cleave The yielding skies, like flying pursuivant. Against foul fiends to aid us militant! They for us fight, they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant; And all for love and nothing for reward; O why should Heavenly God... | |
 | English poetry - 1885 - 668 pages
...How oft do they with golden pinions cleave • The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant, Against foul fiends to aid us militant ! They for us fight, they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant; And all for love, and nothing for reward : O, why should heavenly God... | |
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