 THE Lord descended from above, And bowed the heavens most high ; And underneath his feet he cast The darkness of the sky. 2 On cherub and on cherubim, Full royally he rode ; And on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad.  The First Canto of Ricciardetto - Page 167by Niccolò Forteguerri - 1822 - 232 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Benson - Poetry - 1739 - 108 pages
...defcended from above, " And bow'd the Heavens high, '* And underneath his Feet he caft *' The Darknefs of the Sky. " On Cherubs and on Cherubims " Full royally he rode, ** And on the Wings of mighty Winds *' Came flying all abroad. A Line of Chaucerfsju&novr offers itfelf to my Memory, which... | |
 | English essays - 1745 - 700 pages
...of the Pfalms, -viz. the iSth, owe their greateft Beauty to their Alliteration. The Lord defc»nded from above, And bow'd the heavens high, And underneath his feet he caft The darknefs of the fky ; On cherubs and on cberubimt Full nyallj he rude, Arid on the ivingt... | |
 | George Keate - Margate (England) - 1790 - 388 pages
...magnificent Psalm. We quote two verses in illustration. " The Lord descended from above, And bowed the heavens high, And underneath His feet He cast The darkness of the sky. " On cherub and on cherubim Full royally He rode ; And on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad."... | |
 | 1790 - 256 pages
...above, A. And bow'd the heav'ns high, And underneath his feet, he caft The darknefs of the flcy. 10. On cherubs and on cherubims, Full royally he rode, And on the wings of mighty winds, i Came flying all abroad. PSALM 19. 1. T^HE heav'ns declare thy glory, Lord, A Which... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...the following verses attained is universally allowed : — " The Lord descended from above, And bowed the Heavens high, And underneath his feet he cast...cherubims Full royally he rode, And on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad." This passage, Kirke White adduces as " a brilliant, yet probably... | |
 | Samuel Latham Mitchill - Medicine - 1802 - 514 pages
...and fire!' Or, if you choose to have the spirit of these passages expressed in English metre — ' On cherubs, and on cherubims, ' Full royally he rode, ' And on the wings of all the wind* ' Came flying all abroad.' For this reason, probably, the origin and course of the winds, •... | |
 | 1894 - 576 pages
...from aboue, and bowed the heauens hie : And underneath his feete he cast the darknesse of the skie. On cherubs and on cherubims full royally he rode, And on the wings of all the winds came flying all abroade.' And what a grand hymn we have in ' The Old Hundredth,' ' All people that on earth do dwell,'... | |
 | John Adams - Great Britain - 1803 - 486 pages
...high; ." And underneath his leet he caft, " The darknefs of the fky. " On cherubs and on cherubim, " Full royally he rode ; " And on the wings of all the winds " Came flying all abroad." Roger Afcham, who was born in 151.5, and bred at St. John's college, Cambridge, diftinguifhed himfelt... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1807 - 318 pages
...in orbein Lcnitcr inclinat jussura fastigia coelum : 02 " The Lord descended from above, "And bowed the heavens high, " And underneath his feet he cast...cherubims " Full royally he rode, " And on the wings of mighty winds " Came flying all abroad." Dryden honoured these verses with very high com. mendation,... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1807 - 320 pages
...in orbcra Leniter inclinat jnssnm fastigia coeluni ; 02 " The Lord descended from above, " And bowed the heavens high, " And underneath his feet he cast...cherubims " Full royally he rode, " And on the wings of mighty winds '« Came flying all abroad." Dryden honoured these verses with very high commendation,... | |
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