 | 1904
...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...oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skyes, like flying pursuivant, Agaiiist fowle feendes to ayd us militant! They for us fight, they watch,... | |
 | John Worrell Northrop - 1904 - 228 ページ
...delight; a joyous confidence. Spencer wrote of angels — "They come to succor us, who succor want, They for us fight, they watch and duly ward, And their...plant, And all for love, and nothing for reward." Milton expressed similar ideas, putting these words into the mouth of Adam in one of his happy talks... | |
 | S. A. Richmond - 1904 - 558 ページ
...all watchers and protectors of the seed royal. Spenser's life is no poetic fiction, where he sings : "How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting...pursuivant, Against foul fiends to aid us militant !" To what dignity are the chosen elevated when the brilliant courtiers of heaven become their willing... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1905 - 179 ページ
...embrace, That blessed Angels he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe. 2. 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 feendes to ayd us militant!... | |
 | John Vinycomb - 1906 - 276 ページ
...warring unseen about us, and his gratitude for the effective protection of the guardian spirits : " How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come...The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant, Against fowle fiends to ayde us militant ! They for us fight, they watch, and dewly ward, And their bright... | |
 | Norman Macleod - 1865
...How oft do They their silver bowres leave To come to succour us that succour want ! How oft do t Wry with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies, like...to aid us militant ! They for us fight, they watch, they duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant, And all for love, and nothing for... | |
 | William Tuckwell - 1906 - 85 ページ
...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 feendes to ayd us Militant!... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1906 - 526 ページ
...flying pursuivant, Against fowle feends to ayd us militant ! They for us fight, they watch, and dewly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant...love, and nothing for reward ; Oh, why should heavenly God to men have such regard ! EDMUND SPENSER (The Faerie Queene). NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE NEARER, my... | |
 | Ella Fuller Maitland - 1907 - 249 ページ
...whose nest we know the bird be flown. " Ubi aves ibi angeli" (where there are birds there are angels). How oft do they their silver bowers leave To come...us plant, And all for love and nothing for reward. O why should heavenly God to man have such regard ? A Seraph winged ; six wings he wore to shade His... | |
 | Augustus Hopkins Strong - 1907 - 1166 ページ
...his wicked foe 1 How oft do they their silver bowers leave And come to succor us who succor want I How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting...love, and nothing for reward. Oh, why should heavenly God for men have such regard I " It shows us that gin is not mere flnitcnees, to see these unite intelligences... | |
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O th' exceeding grace Of highest God ! that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth 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... 
