| Edmund Spenser - Epic poetry, English - 1758 - 800 pages
...want ? How oft do they with golden pineons cleave The flitting fkyes, like flying purfuivant, Againft fowle feendes to ayd us militant ? They for us fight, they watch and dewly ward, And their bright fquadrons round about us plant ; And all for love and nothing for reward : O why fhould hevenly God... | |
| 1792 - 774 pages
...they with golden pineons cleave The flitting flcycs, like flying purfuivant, Againft fowle feendcs to ayd us militant ? They for us fight, they watch and dewly ward, And their bright fquadrons round about us plant, And all for love and nothing for reward : О why fhould hcvuily God... | |
| Religion - 1832 - 852 pages
...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, and nothing for reward! O how can gracious God to man have such regard ! " The outlines of the vast and magnificent scene displayed... | |
| Edmund Spenser - English poetry - 1805 - 554 pages
...want ! How oft do they with golden pineons cleave The flitting fkyes, like flying purfuivant, Againft fowle feendes to ayd us militant ! They for us fight, they watch and dewly ward, And their bright fquadrons round about us plant; '. '." I. 9. To ferve to Kicked man,} The old Englifh writers, as they... | |
| Edmund Spenser - 1805 - 568 pages
...want ! How oft do they with golden pineons cleave The flitting fkyes, like flying purfuivant, Againft fowle feendes to ayd us militant ! They for us fight, they watch and dewly ward, And their bright fquadrons round about us plant ; I.9. To ferve to wicked man,] The old Englilh writers, as they faid... | |
| John Milton, Henry John Todd - 1809 - 456 pages
...Drummond defcribes the angels " arch'd in fquadrons bright," Poems, p. 286. And Spenfer, FQ ii. viii. 2. " They for us fight, they watch and dewly ward, " And their bright fquadrons round about us plant." TODD. Ver. 23. The ftar-led wifards] Wife-men. So Spenfer calls the... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 610 pages
...cleave The flitting skyes, like flying pursuivant, Against fowle fcendes to ayd us militant ! The}' for us fight, they watch and dewly ward, And their...us plant; And all for love and nothing for reward : [gard ! O, why should hevenly God to men have such reDuring the while that Guyon did abide In Mammons... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 600 pages
...silver bowers leave To come to succour us that succour want ! How oft do they with golden piiieons cleave The flitting skyes, like flying pursuivant, Against fowle feendes to ayd us mil tant ! fhey for us fight, they watch and ilewly ward. And their bright squadrons round about us... | |
| John Ferriar - Apparitions - 1813 - 156 pages
...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 to men have such regard ? Faerie Siueene, Cant. viii. THEORY OF APPARITIONS.... | |
| 1845 - 624 pages
...silver bowers leave, To come to succour us that succour want ! How oft do they, with golden pinions, cleave The flitting skyes, like flying pursuivant...us plant, And all for love, and nothing for reward ; O why should heavenly God to men have such regard ! Spenser. THE FLOWERS OF EARTH AND HEAVEN. A sunbeam... | |
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