 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
 | John McNeill - 1891 - 420 pages
...want ! How oft do they on 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 ; Oh, why should heavenly God... | |
 | James Hastings, Ann Wilson Hastings, Edward Hastings - Bible - 1893 - 590 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... | |
 | Abel S. Clark - American prose literature - 1894 - 304 pages
...want! How oft 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 guard And their bright squadrons round about us plant; And all for love and nothing for reward : O,... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Christian art and symbolism - 1895 - 478 pages
...do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant, Against foul liomls, 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... | |
 | Church of England, Charles Latimer Marson - Bible - 1895 - 260 pages
...pinions cleave The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant, Against fowle fiends to aid us militant 1 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 heav'nly... | |
 | Edward Payson Tenney - Christian life - 1896 - 232 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 God... | |
 | Charles Mackay - English poetry - 1896 - 680 pages
...want 1 How oft do they with golden pinions cleavr 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... | |
 | Elizabeth Lee - English literature - 1896 - 232 pages
...145 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. 0 ! why should heavenly... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 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 God... | |
 | Mrs. Mary Harriet Bright Curry - English literature - 1897 - 412 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... | |
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