| 单词 | seraph |
| 例句 | “But in the end, the form of the citadel might only have been a twisted joke. Whatever they were, the Mesarthim weren’t seraphim.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Effortlessly, the great seraph came right, like a man straightening up from a bow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “The Second Coming of the seraphim. It may have begun with awe and reverence, but what do you suppose?” he said, first in Common Tongue and then in Unseen. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He was imagining disembarking from the sleigh onto the seraph’s palm, and Sarai standing before him, as real as his own flesh and blood. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He’d have thought that knee-jerk skepticism would have been knuckled under by the sight of the enormous floating seraph in the sky. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Once upon a long-lost time, people had believed it, and had believed, too, that the seraphim would return one day and sit in judgment over them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Might there even have been histories from the time of the ijji and the seraphim? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “In short,” Lazlo concluded, “the purpose of this delegation is to persuade the seraphim to be on their way. Politely, of course. Failing that: forcible eviction.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She had been inside the dream for less than a minute—two mere spans of the great seraph’s hand, paced forth and back—when she realized that she had a smile on her face. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They were on the garden terrace, which was at the top of the great seraph’s breast, stretching from shoulder to shoulder, and overlooked the city all the way to the Cusp. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But his father’s Face—which no longer looked as if it were facing only the seraphim—was convincing enough. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The flanks of a great cat, the neck and heavy hump of a bull, wings as sharp and vicious as the wings of the great seraph, though on a smaller scale. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Archaic; from the ecstatic priestesses of Thakra, worshippers of the seraphim, whose ritual dance expressed the dualism of beauty and terror. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z So how long before their flying machines were in the air, delivering invaders to the garden terrace and to the flat of the seraph’s palm, right where Sarai now stood? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The balance was upset, and Lazlo felt, as clearly as though the seraph were his own body slowly falling to earth, how to put it right. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She turned to the terrace—which was the outstretched right hand of the huge metal seraph—and went out to meet the night and the newcomers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “They didn’t have wings. They weren’t beings of fire. Like the seraphim, though, there were six of them, three male, three female. No army, no servants. They needed none,” said Eril-Fane. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Lazlo squinted across the distance, gauging the blocks’ position relative to the great seraph overhead. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Something had fallen, but it couldn’t be her, and the great seraph couldn’t be keeling over. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Nothing visible connected the seraph to the blocks. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z On the outheld hand of the colossal seraph, ghosts stood guard with cleavers, and some with meat hooks on chains. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It was the one place where sunlight fell on the city, down through the gap where the seraph’s wings came together in front and didn’t quite meet. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She would not want to be the enemy of these proud seraphim. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The entire impossible structure took the form of a seraph. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “The problem,” he said, as though it were perfectly reasonable, “is that the seraphim have returned.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The city lay below, cut by the avenue of light—moonlight now—that slipped between the great seraph’s wings. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Like thunder, like an avalanche, like the war cry of the seraphim who had come on wings of fire and cleansed the world of demons. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She had been commander of the six seraphim, according to legend—and holy book—and her temple stood just across a broad boulevard from the guildhall. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She was on the flat of the seraph’s palm, barefoot, and she was hovering in the window of the Godslayer’s bedroom, and she was perched, light as a petal, on the dreamer’s brow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “You’ve got the monsters part, and I suppose I’ll grant you beauty. For your lovely face, if not for the seraphim,” she added in a tease. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There was no escaping the army, especially not for Sarai, since her room gave onto the sunstruck silver-blue palm of the seraph. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It wasn’t smothered, only banked, but it would burn like the wings of the seraphim before this was over. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Right. So it was here the seraphim came down—or more like there, in the city.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Sarai’s suite was at the extremity of the seraph’s right arm, and the others’ were along that same passage, except for Minya’s. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The citadel’s sickening lurch, the helpless silk-on-mesarthium glide down the seraph’s slick palm, flailing wildly for something to hold on to and finding nothing, and then...falling. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z All around me are the cherubim, seraphim, continually crying “Holy, holy, holy,” the angels, archangels, that sort of thing. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Centuries of carvers had embellished every stone surface with patterns and creatures and seraphim. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z We are given accounts of the cherubim and seraphim that read almost like the reports of a field anthropologist, detailed biographies of the archangels, and a rich seam of angelological trivia. From Gabriel to Lucifer: A Cultural History of Angels by Valery Rees 2012-12-21T07:00:01Z Its vertical collision of saints and seraphim strongly echoes Caravaggio’s “Seven Acts of Mercy,” and here, too, the high drama of holy suffering is tinged with the violence of the Roman street. ‘Valentin de Boulogne,’ Bright Star in Caravaggio’s Orbit 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Falling in love with an enemy seraph, she is forced to discover her role in the brutal war between angels and monsters. New kids' books: 12 days of a Washington Christmas and fairy tales for teens 2011-12-09T20:04:05Z She is currently writing a series about angels, in which a contract killer is recruited by a seraph. Anne Rice 'quits being a Christian' 2010-07-30T13:23:00Z That serene seraph once adorned a French chapel. Altura offers an intimate dining experience marked by exquisite food 2011-12-09T00:06:00Z His canvases are lyrical studies of ruins, built up with layers of rubble, ash, sand, scavenged clothes and straw, and dense with historical symbols, like a coiled snake associated with seraphim, the biblical angels. Anselm Kiefer and His Hallmarks Have a Moment 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z The ravenous mosquito she inhabits nods to the supernatural tone of the album, where she encounters a seraphim, extraterrestrials, and other monsters. What’s the Buzz for Yeah Yeah Yeahs Mosquito 2013-04-18T09:45:32Z He developed a style of writing that extended the seraphs of letters into arrows or dynamic vectors resembling missiles, rendering them all but illegible, except to the initiated. Review | From Basquiat to ‘Black Panther’: How graffiti went mainstream 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z "Angel," for example, depicts a seraph of some sort — but one that's badly damaged. At Davidson Galleries: Robert E. Marx's curious creatures 2012-09-27T00:00:08Z Nor did he include the winged seraph that in traditional depictions — Giotto’s, say — inflicted the stigmata by shooting penetrating rays in Francis’s direction. Critic?s Notebook: Alone in the Wilderness and the Spotlight 2011-06-09T23:01:20Z A seraph commissions a Catholic woman to stop them returning, and during the resulting shenanigans an angel has his wings shot off with a machine-gun and a trio of demons get drowned in holy water. The Infidel is not Islam's Life of Brian 2010-04-12T09:50:00Z Foul-mouthed seraph Ashnikko first strikes viewers with her long blue pigtails and ethereal humanoid beauty. Channeling Harley Quinn and Lil' Kim, Ashnikko won the internet. Are the pop charts next? 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z If the museum becomes a mosque, the mosaics will have to be covered during Muslim prayers somehow, including seraphs high up at the base of the dome. Erdogan Talks of Making Hagia Sophia a Mosque Again, to International Dismay 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z She’s attended by a half-dozen crimson seraphim and three royal blue cherubim. Review: In 'The Renaissance Nude,' bare skin speaks with startling eloquence - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z As far as appears, he was alone, like the seraph Abdiel, “faithful found among the faithless, faithful only he.” The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z Above all is the Almighty Father, in the midst of the seraphim, cherubim, and a countless host of angels, who sing the 'Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts.' Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z I have no doubt that he would have chosen death rather than this, had not the seraph tenderness of his wife thrown a charm around his being. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z It had all around it open thrones painted to resemble passing clouds, and both without and within were little angels as cherubim and seraphim, powers and dominations, in bas-relief, their hands joined and always moving. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z On the ceiling is a grand mosaic,—a head of Our Saviour within a nimbus, sustained by six-winged seraphim—ascribed to the eighth century. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z That babes are cherubs, if not seraphs, every mother knows; but it is not often the fact is recorded in our church registers. Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature 2012-03-29T02:00:13.900Z The pale, dead face, upon which the mellow radiance of sunset streamed through the sky-light, was lovely as a seraph's. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z Take the purest apartment in heaven, and confine a seraph there, and the simple fact that he was a prisoner would make his home a hell. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z "As you are well up in biblical points, will you tell us the difference between the cherubim and seraphim?" Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z The head, which is grand and sad in expression, is surrounded by six-winged seraphim. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z She went from town to town, from platform to platform, looking like a little dazed seraph playing in its dreams. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z The sweetness of the present reality so far transcended her sometime imagination of it that the girl, on leaving him, walked away as if borne by seraph's wings through the air of heaven. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z Then, mercy and gentleness were the seraph principles of his conduct, but now he is the cruel and savage playmate of the tiger. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z Ah, seraph! but the winter's frost must nip thy vine; a viper lurks beneath the flowers to sting the foot of thy child, and pale decay must steal over the cheek thou dost adore. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Fletcher," says Robert Hall, "is a seraph who burns with the ardour of Divine love. Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z When this lid is raised, one can fancy some winged seraph or angel enshrined within, but when lowered the semblance is more to a monk bowed in meditation. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z He added presently, "Woe to illuminators! looking on thee, sir baby, I see what awkward, lopsided, ungainly toads I and my fellows painted missals with, and called them cherubs and seraphs." The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z High on a mount of purest light, To which the clearest noon is night, Whose top no angel wing can soar, Nor keen-eyed seraph glance explore.— Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z I love thee, fallen seraph, but thou shouldst not have sold thy birthright. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z The men are all giants, and the women all amazons, and even his holy children, his seraphs and cupids, are fat Dutch babies. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z Better be an idiot in this world, if you can be a seraph in the next. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z They have crowded hell with demons and heaven with seraphs. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z In many places, harvests, broad and rich, are seen by those myriads of seraphs, who, in ministering to the heirs of salvation, are constantly passing and repassing from heaven to earth. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z It gave us angels with wings—cherubim and seraphim and a heaven with harps and hallelujahs—with streets of gold and gates of pearl. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Sometimes the "Seigneur" appeared to her unattended; at others he was accompanied by angels and seraphim. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z There slept the saint whose holy strains Brought seraphs round the dying bed; And there the warrior, who to chains Ne'er stoop'd his crested head. The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z Seraph′ic, -al, pertaining to, or becoming, a seraph: angelic: pure: sublime: refined.—adv. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z There fragrant Carmel's flowery grove, Where seraphs tune their harps of love, On playful breeze diffuses round, Its spicy breath and tuneful sound. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z Cherub and seraph, now, in "burning row," Before the throne of Heaven's high Monarch bow, And, tun'd to golden wires, their voices raise In everlasting strains of rapt'rous praise. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z "Let seraphs gain the bright abode, "And heaven's sublimest mansions see— "I only bow to Nature's God— "The land of shades will do for me. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z Fairest seemed he of God's seraphs, And her spirit, lily-wise, Blossomed when he turned upon her The deep welcome of his eyes, Sending upward to that sunlight All its dew for sacrifice. Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 2012-01-09T03:00:25.087Z Here Innocence may wander safe from foes, And Contemplation soar on seraph wings. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Around thy glorious throne above Angels and flaming seraphs sing; Archangels own thy boundless love, And cherubim their tribute bring. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z From life's high verge he hail'd th' eternal shore And, freed at last from his confinement, rose An infant seraph to the worlds on high. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z How may these be called but seraphim, when through the great heat of love of God they are before other mortals nearest to his presence? The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z You will surely see the light of a seraph's wings. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z The proprietor raised three fingers and beamed like a seraph. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z An artist stood and gazed on fallen man: He to the soul, what to the marble rough Was Angels, he saw and sinful man A seraphs form. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z To this it may be objected that what Isaiah described were seraphim; yet verse 6 shows that one of these, at least, was a messenger or envoy. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z To quote Janvier: "The person who achieves celebrity of this sort in Philadelphia is not unlike the seraph who attains eminence in the heavenly choir." Our Philadelphia 2011-11-23T03:00:41.453Z Medieval theologians who devised the ranks of heavenly hosts in the Celestial Hierarchy — seraphim and cherubim first, common angels last — used a simpler formula. On the Road: It?s the Golden Age of Flying. (Just Don?t Forget the Gold.) 2011-11-21T23:54:50Z "He can't be made out a seraph even by the fact that you—er—" "Love him," supplemented the girl brokenly. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z The Chevalier and I are worse than all that; he is as loving as an angel, passionate as a seraph, while I am as gay as a linnet, and malicious as a demon. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z Jenny let him out of the house, and then ran upstairs to tell her anxious sister that Anthony's father transcended the winged seraphs for goodness. A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z Shall souls over which seraphs have sung hallelujahs excite the mirth and mockery of fiends by their fall? Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z Ah! a seraph may pray for a sinner, But a sinner must pray for himself. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z Lone one, wilt thou no signal pass, Thy mission to declare, Whether a world-destroying mass, Or flame-flower of Elysian grass, Or seraph's burning hair? A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z The soul can see,—for souls are seraphim,— When eyes are dim. Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems 2011-10-08T02:00:23.627Z It was a woman, and she sang like a seraphim, a sweet, slow song, stopping now and then to look behind her with a beckoning gesture, then retreating again. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z Ah! how many of us have no heart for the service of God—no pleasure in that which enraptures the seraphim! Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z She had perceived, sitting in the frame of the front window, a listless, undersized, undeveloped lad with the delicate, soft-eyed face of a young seraph, who looked seventeen and had probably turned twenty. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z O domes of fire, O palaces of seraph kings! A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z It is possible that even now the live coal from the altar may be brought by the winged seraph's hand, and laid on the sinful lips. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z He's almost up to where 'the cherubim and seraphim continually do sing.' The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z It claims community with the cherubim and the seraphim, spirits of light and love, the unshorn strength and unsullied purity of heaven. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z And now He pleadeth up in heaven For our humanities, Till the ruddy light on seraphs' wings In pale emotion dies. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z Or else the seraphim would call: "Minstrels, your dulcimers let fall And break the silvern psalteries!" The Piper and the Reed 2011-09-10T02:00:23.967Z Clenched are these manacled hands that defy Hosts of the seraphim singing to Thee! His Lady of the Sonnets 2011-09-10T02:00:23.740Z How delightful to Geordie was that snore of wife Christian, as she still lay on the liver side, perhaps dreaming of seraphim! Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z At the communication of the Light, which changed the Spirit into a seraph, the garb of heavenly armor that clothed its glorious form, shed such radiance that the two seers were blinded. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z My curse catch at you strongly, body and soul, And He find no redemption—nor the wing Of seraph move your way; and yet rejoice! The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z The solemn twilight fluttered Like the plumes of seraphim, And we felt what things were uttered In the sunset voice of Him. The Divine Vision and Other Poems 2011-09-02T02:00:18.933Z Lost is my Eden, closed its golden gate; Winged seraphim, guarding the ways, await With swords of sudden flame me to withstand. His Lady of the Sonnets 2011-09-10T02:00:23.740Z Every word uttered by Aurelia, like the encouraging voice of a guardian seraph, gave me new strength, and, after an arduous conflict, I was left victor. The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z They saw the nakedness of their souls, and could measure their lack of brightness by comparison with the halo of the seraph, in which they stood as a shameful spot. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z So, in the universe's Consummated undoing, Our seraphs of white mercies Shall hover round the ruin. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z But far too many things Obscuring, as a cloud of seraph wings Blinding the seeker for the Lord behind, I fall away in weariness of mind. The Divine Vision and Other Poems 2011-09-02T02:00:18.933Z Voice that was coo of the dove and a cry Heard in the night when the seraphim meet! His Lady of the Sonnets 2011-09-10T02:00:23.740Z So the injunction, "Be ye wise as serpents and harmless as doves," becomes the more significant when we learn that seraph in the original means a serpent; cherub, a dove. Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z The seraph lightly spread his wings to take his flight, and did not look back at them—he had nothing now in common with the earth. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z One more bright than seraph crowned, And more strong than cherub bold, Elder, too, than angel old, By his grey eternities. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z With the sighing voice that murmured I was borne to ages dim Ere the void was lit with beauty breathed upon by seraphim, We were cradled there together folded in the peace in Him. The Divine Vision and Other Poems 2011-09-02T02:00:18.933Z Light, and Messias enthroned above High where the seraphim bow and adore! His Lady of the Sonnets 2011-09-10T02:00:23.740Z This immediately drove away the seraphs and the angels! Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z The two seers could discern the seraph as a darker object amid deathless legions, whose wings were as the mighty plumage of a forest swept by the breeze. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Doth not earth speak enough Of change and of undoing, Without a seraph's witness? The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z God is "the Lord of Spirits," and the voice of Isaiah's seraphim becomes, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Spirits: he filleth the earth with spirits." Religion and the War 2011-07-18T02:00:22.307Z Hid in the loveliest flower that grows; Hands of the seraphim scatter, let fall Myrrh from thy leaves in the garden of Saul. His Lady of the Sonnets 2011-09-10T02:00:23.740Z The first attempt to raise such a spirit as yours in holy song has, to my feelings, something as awful in it as the first glad movement of a seraph's wing!... The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z At that instant the seraph was lost in the heart of the sanctuary, where he received the gift of eternal life. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Spirit of my spirit! who movest Through seraph veins in burning deity To light the quenchless pulses!— The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z Shudders and trembling of heart assail'd each seraph; his bright orb Hush'd as the earth when tempests are nigh, before him was pausing. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z First the seraphim, then the cherubim, and afterwards the simple angels. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Your inspiration was not that which bears the pious soul as if on seraph's wings aloft, so that it is enabled, in holy rapture and by anticipation, to behold the kingdoms of the blest. The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-23T02:00:27.103Z Perhaps the seraph's first duty was to call all creations filled with the Word to come to God. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Doth that curse Reverberate spare us, seraph or universe? The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z How white and still she lay on the pretty French bed, with its volumes of lace brooding over her like the clouds in which we imagine seraphs to be sleeping! Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z I am indeed in Heaven, and this heavenly seraph is to be my guide and teacher. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Or a rapt seraph in a moonlight beam; Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Then shone out innumerable stars in a blue dome, like the friendly faces of cherubim and seraphim smiling on us. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z God fills our heaven with God's own solitude Till all the pavements glow: His Godhead being no more subdued, By itself, to glories low Which seraphs can sustain. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z A seraph with wings extended flew towards him from the horizon and inundated him with pleasure unutterable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." 2011-05-27T02:00:16.463Z What seraph is this who is bearing me upon her bosom after my fight with the throes of death? Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z And thou, bright dream of brooding light, With woman's face and angel's stature, thou Exquisite seraph, fresh from God, Tell me, why wakes no awful vengeance now On thy grave lips? Virginia, A Tragedy And Other Poems 2011-05-26T02:00:17.117Z Henry now plied more wings than any seraph, that he might fly up with his friend as soon as possible. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z O ta'en from human clay To be no seraph's but Jehovah's own! The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z At the centre of the vision appeared a cross, and the seraph was nailed to it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." 2011-05-27T02:00:16.463Z The end is a shattered lamp, a drunken seraph asleep, The upturned face of the drowned on a barren beach. Songs and Satires 2011-05-20T02:00:37.050Z For while he carols like a seraph Bound for a radiant star Mayhap the fowler's eye, relentless, Has doomed him from afar. Memorial Day and Other Verse 2011-05-20T02:00:35.647Z To her, with pride we chant an echoing Hymn, For nought can touch the sweetness of her sway; Her flesh ethereal as the seraphim, Her eyes with robe of light our souls array. The Flowers of Evil 2011-05-15T02:00:07.523Z Love him more, O man, Than sinless seraphs can! The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z Dear mourner, think!—thy son will weep no more; His life was spotless, and his death was mild, And, when this vain delusive life is o’er, He’ll shine a seraph, whom thou lost a child. Literary Byways 2011-05-12T02:00:09.493Z "Lady—" "Silence, assassin!" and the dark eyes of the roused heiress of Bellamont flashed with such a light as might burn in an indignant seraph's. Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z She smoothed and arranged it on the polished surface of the shrine, while a vision of an added seraph, standing in memoriam at each end, shone before her. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z "Then you congratulate myself, Philip; for my seraph of the frying-pan knows next to nothing of the art; I devote two hours of each day to my culinary department." A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z His deathly forehead at the word, Gleameth like a seraph sword. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z Angels and archangels May have gathered there, Cherubim and seraphim Throng'd the air, But only His mother, In her maiden bliss. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z She is the blush of morn first caught by earth, When seraph hands unbar the gates of heaven, And from its courts bright beams of glory stream. Joan of Arc A Play in Five Acts 2011-04-14T02:00:57.593Z The Proven�al model was guarded by two seraphs; these she would add later, if the White North kept the wanderer folded forever to her breast of snow. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z "All right, dear, if my seraph of the frying pan condescended to fill my orders, we have bloaters on the menu." A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z Ah me! what word that seraphs say, could come From mouth so used to sighs, so soon to lie Sighless, because then breathless, in the tomb? The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z And the dead in the morning dim Will reign as the seraphim. Two Fishers, and Other Poems 2011-04-08T02:00:09.700Z The third was full of pain and rue, And everywhere her blood was shed, Three seraphim watch three years through. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z "Yes; I'm not such a sweet seraph as this agreeable and polite young son of Neptune," said Mr. Rivers, with a withering sneer. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z But Peleg knew that from the crab to the seraphim, the appeal to the appetite was most effective. Six Prize Hawaiian Stories of the Kilohana Art League 2011-03-03T03:00:48.280Z They are telescopes through which my soul sees Heaven—through which I watch the mazy dance of starry worlds, and behold the joys of seraphim. Tom Clark and His Wife Their Double Dreams, And the Curious Things that Befell Them Therein; Being the Rosicrucian's Story 2011-02-25T03:01:12.293Z He again uses the word in his Progress of Poesie, when he speaks of Milton, who rode "upon the seraph wings of ecstasy." The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z Courbet, after watching him paint a canvas, exclaimed, “Truly you are one of the seraphim, for you alone understand the heavens!” Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2011-02-15T03:00:17.853Z "An angel! a seraph! the loveliest woman you ever beheld!—sings like a nightingale, and has everybody raving about her!" Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z All gentle souls below Their dearest welcome shall prepare, and prove Such joy o'er thee as raptured seraphs know, Who learn their lesson at the throne of love.—Keble. The Torn Bible Or Hubert's Best Friend 2011-02-09T03:00:51.890Z In dreams I heard the beating of his wing; His soft voice, beautiful as sea in spring, Mourned through the empty songs the seraphs sing; Life seemed in sleep more dear than everything. Sonnets and Songs 2011-01-29T03:00:22.093Z Oh, it is perfect, it is exquisite!" said the poet, under his breath; "a Madonna, a Saint Cecilia, a seraph! The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z And there the rose Where seraphs throne them, glows Quiring God’s name, With music that is sound of joy made flame. Eidola 2011-01-17T03:00:49.097Z It is as if the sky-cope were rent, and from the black valley of Jehoshaphat, he caught upper glimpses of the seraphim in the visible act of adoring. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z For this seraph a gentler doom was decreed. Thomas Moore 2011-01-14T03:00:51.040Z And then immediately, and with a seraph's smile, "May I pass you a wing?" London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z Bright to the soul thy seraph hands convey The morning dream of life's eternal day!' Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 In these they were rich indeed, and thus closed another chapter in the life of the gentle philosopher, of whom Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: "Our Alcott has only just missed being a seraph." Little Women Letters from the House of Alcott Thou art made of that fine, unshared stuff of which God makes his seraphim. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z There are indications of a diversity of rank and power among them, and something like angelic orders—Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, &c., seraphim and cherubim. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Her voice is, as it were, A silver dulcimer, Tuned like the seraph's lays Eternally to praise. The Coast of Bohemia But Heaven commenced with thee Whilst yet below the sun; And, ere the mortal ceased to be, The seraph had begun. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 Rode in the battle as a seraph might To the Holy Sepulchre's deliverance. Yolanda of Cyprus Then came the inspiration for the hymn: Go, messenger of love, and bear Upon thy gentle wing The song which seraphs love to hear, The angels joy to sing. The Story of Our Hymns O, Thou enthroned where perfect day, In brightest beams of glory, play Around thy radiant throne; Where angels strike celestial lyres, And seraphs glow with sacred fires, Address’d to thee alone. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact And none but I her heart can move, Though seraphs may have striven; And when I find my own True-love, I know I shall find Heaven. The Coast of Bohemia It was a wonderfully beautiful ballet, with an unseen chorus singing from within the woods like a thousand seraphim. The Moonlit Way So, doubtless, God sent a cohort of sworded seraphim to bear the martyrs of our story blessed company, and to sweep with them through the gates into the city. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs He it is Whom no man hath seen or can see, and in His presence the seraphim veil their faces. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus When seraphs glow with sacred fires, When angels tune celestial lyres, To hymn thy praise alone! Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact These are the seraphs strong His mighty soul had need of, When He would right the wrong And sorrow He took heed of. Later Poems In the peaceful winter of a well-spent life, love with white hair is an evening prayer that soars to the abode of the seraphs. Rambles in Womanland A soft-eyed seraph like you, who is no more conversant with the ways of the world than that, ought to be put in a glass vial of alcohol and preserved. Cordwood I think the saints must live there, and the cherubim and seraphim much farther and higher up—right in the blue part. Bosom Friends A Seaside Story He must be able to dwell with "seraph contemplation" and stand aside from the actual contest. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII All day long beneath the sun Shining through the fields they run, Singing in a cadence known To the seraphs round the throne. Later Poems O small frail being, wilt thou stand At God's right hand, Lifting up those sleeping eyes Dilated by great destinies, To an endless waking? thrones and seraphim. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II I saw Him surrounded with the winged seraphs. Five Young Men Messages of Yesterday for the Young Men of To-day Preferring, accordingly, the white houris promised by the Koran to the winged seraphs of the Christian paradise, many Gauls embraced Mohamedanism with ardor. The Abbatial Crosier or Bonaik and Septimine. A Tale of a Medieval Abbess I know that here thy harp is mute, And quenched the bright, poetic fire; Yet still I bend my ear, to catch The hymnings of thy seraph lyre. Lives of Celebrated Women So undistraught, so rapturous, so pure, They well might be, in wisdom and in joy, The seraphs singing at the birth of time The unworn ritual of eternal things. Later Poems Suffer this mother's kiss, Best thing that earthly is, To glide the music and the glory through, Nor narrow in Thy dream the broad upliftings Of any seraph wing. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II He saw one of the winged seraphs flying towards him through the open spaces of Heaven. Five Young Men Messages of Yesterday for the Young Men of To-day Then Faith, a seraph serene and strong, took her by the hand, and bathed her pallid brow and fainting lips in the life-giving light of her own immortal eyes. Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation Yea, while adoring seraphim Before Thee bend the willing knee, From every star a choral hymn Goes up unceasingly to Thee. Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion Gold are the great trees overhead, And gold the leaf-strewn grass, As though a cloth of gold were spread To let a seraph pass. Later Poems They will deride the cherubim and the seraphim, but they will not risk offending the demon to whom they throw an oblation of the salt they have just spilt on the table. The Book of This and That How near he presses on the seraph’s wing! Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes The angel of metaphor becomes in the next generation an actual seraph. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 Yet we are to be placed above the angels, above the archangels, above the seraphim, above the cherubim, away up, upon the throne with Himself, and there we shall be forever with Him. The Overcoming Life and Other Sermons Gold are the great trees overhead, And gold the leaf-strewn grass, As though a cloth of gold were spread To let a seraph pass. Later Poems Soon they appeared in church with folded hands, chanting the "Lauda Sion" before the uplifted Host as demurely as if they had walked down from the pictures of seraphs on the walls. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 Inspire me, Night! with all thy tuneful spheres; Whilst I with seraphs share seraphic themes, And show to men the dignity of man; 190 Lest I blaspheme my subject with my song. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes It drove me hither from my calm asylum, It mocks my soul with charming witchery, It lures me forward in a seraph's shape. Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. “Well,” the mother said, “you will soon see Jesus, You will see the seraphim and cherubim and the streets all paved with gold”; and she went on picturing heaven as it is described in Revelation. The Overcoming Life and Other Sermons Down its enchanted borders Glad ranks of color stand, Like hosts of silent seraphim Awaiting love's command. Later Poems Isaiah hears the seraphim crying one to another, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts.” The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews "Ah," cried Schmidt, obediently disappearing, "he who shall explicate the tears of women shall be crowned by the seraphs." The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington The very lamps seemed as if it was impossible for them to burn, as the preacher in his heaviest manner discoursed of themes on which seraphs might love to dwell. The Religious Life of London Bachelors will fear that, after all, it is true that— “Maidens, like moths, are ever caught by glare, And Mammon wins his way where seraphs might despair.” About London And to each he apportioned a fragment of song— Those broken melodies that belong To the seraphs' chorus, that we might learn The healing of gladness and discern In beauty how all is well. Later Poems Twelve times the centuries builded up their store Of plots, rebellions, gibbets, tears and gore; Twelve times centennial annivers'ries came, To bless the seraph in St. Patrick's name. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. Above him stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. The Bible Story The sources of these names are evident: seraphim and cherubim are from the Old Testament; later Jewish writings gave names to archangels and angels, who also fill important functions in the New Testament. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Trumpet and drum have marked the victor's way, The seraph voices now their legend say: "O loving friends! refrain your waiting fond; The gates are passed, and heaven is bright beyond." Reminiscences, 1819-1899 All that has occurred redounds to your credit, and the 'out of service,' attached to your rank of major, is as honorable to you as would be the order of the seraphim.' Tales from the German. Volume I. Arwed Gyllenstierna Still came no seraph, incarnate in man, To rescue Erin from the bandit clan. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. The notes, softened as they rose on high, seemed almost like a seraph's song—now lifting the soul to high and holy thoughts, now thrilling within the heart with a very ecstasy of delight. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands Round them the silence sang like the choiring seraphim.... The Destroying Angel For there was Milton like a seraph strong, Beside him Shakespeare bland and mild; And there the world-worn Dante grasped his song, And somewhat grimly smiled. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History A brief epilogue, “On Earth,” follows, in which Faust’s doom is told, succeeded by a correspondingly brief one, “In Heaven,” in which the seraphim plead for Marguerite. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers And would'st thou know, Chief of St. Patrick's band, Where fell this jewel from the seraph's hand? Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. "She wanted but a pair of wings, a dear," said that good woman, "to be a young syrup"—meaning, possibly, young sylph or seraph. Dickens' Stories About Children Every Child Can Read A pitying smile o'erran The seraph's features, as he looked to heaven, With deep inquiry in his tender eyes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 And never more than now I know That man’s first heaven is far behind; Unless the blazing seraph’s blow Has left him in the garden blind. The Ballad of St. Barbara And Other Verses Before mine eyes, already dim, Doth heaven unclose the gate; I hear the choiring seraphim Around the throne that wait. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers Once more the seraph stood before the throne Of dread Omnipotence, pensive and alone. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. In circles, far retiring from the sight,75 Till, undistinguished, they are lost in light, Admiring seraphim suspend their wings, Whilst, hark! the eternal empyrean rings, Hosannah, Lord of lords, and King of kings! The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 And when these had blossomed and gone their way, 'Twas apples, and daisies and Michaelmas Day— Yes, spider-webs, dew, and haws in the may, And seraphs singing in Michaelmas Day. Down-Adown-Derry A Book of Fairy Poems Milton's lines— Where the bright seraphim in burning row Their loud, uplifted angel trumpets blow— seem like a splendid spontaneous outburst of poetical expression. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. The seraphs would sing to her And from the River Dip her cool grails of radiant Life. Song-Surf Come with me now, and trace the seraph's path, That has been trodden since his day of wrath. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. He stood and sounded the archangel's trump; And now a choir of seraphim drew near, By Raphael led: in sad and solemn strains, They raised their supplication to Heaven's throne. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 Bright seraphs, with ruby eyes, and silver wings, and golden harps, and just such pale, haggard, gaunt, sunken, bleared little faces. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 But Morison’s is an old, almost a venerable seraph, with whom I dealt before I was twenty, and had done before I was twenty-five. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) For a voice Of sighing wind may answer, or a gaze, Though wordless, from a marble seraph's face. Song-Surf Thus has the seraph twice redeem'd his fate, And roamed a mortal through this low estate; Again obedient to divine command, His final incarnation is at hand. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. Why hast thou left thy seraph throng, On earth the triumph to attest Of Beauty, Piety, and Song! The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 "You will enter paradise and will hear the seraphim play on the harp before the Lord, while they sing His praises!" The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres Cherubs and seraphs are proper plurals, suiting a familiar style of speaking or writing, while cherubim and seraphim are to be used only in more dignified and solemn discourse. Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected No purer heart than Vashti Carlyle’s throbs this side of the throne where seraphim and cherubim hover.” Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part About him and them gathered amshaspands and izeds, angels and seraphs, the winged host of loveliness that in Babylon enthralled the Jews who returned from captivity escorted by them. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal Poor dear good old Gwynne, tender, sensitive, shrinking, with the face of a seraph and the heart of a maid. The Kempton-Wace Letters Yes, he is already singing in heaven, amidst the angelic choir—among the innumerable seraphim! that was the song he joined in. Timar's Two Worlds The heavens are bowed about my head, shouting like seraph wars. Poems He spread out his arms like a crucifix; his face shone with the brightness of a seraph’s; in his voice, as it rose to the last word, the tears seemed ready. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston Guyon wrote so carnally of the divine that Bossuet exclaimed; "Seigneur, if I dared, I would pray that a seraph with a flaming sword might come and purify my lips sullied by this recital." The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal B. J. M., seraphim in prayer, pray for us. The Life of Blessed John B. Marie Vianney, Curé of Ars With a Novena and Litany to this Zealous Worker in the Vineyard of the Lord The seraphs adoring Cover with pinions six their face in the glory of him who Hung his masonry pendant on naught, when the world he created. The Song of Hiawatha An Epic Poem Nay, on the blue sky's topmost towers, What is the song of the seraphim? Collected Poems Volume Two This round of hours, the daily flowers I cull Are more to me than all the rolling spheres, A wounded bird at hand more pitiful Than some great seraph's tears. Collected Poems Volume One Life nourished at eternal springs, Beats up through star and creed, Till soul, ascendant, fetter-freed, A soaring seraph sings!... Ioläus The man that was a ghost And if Gabriel came down here from the presence of God it would be a sin to worship him, or any seraph, or any cherub, or Michael, or any archangel. The Way to God and How to Find It I am not jealous of the saints, or of the martyrs, or of the blessed, or even of the seraphim. Pepita Ximenez Observe that the plural of cherub or of seraph may be formed in three ways: viz. cherubs, cherubim, cherubims; seraphs, seraphim, seraphims. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer Would the next great chord Ring out from harps in flaming seraph hands Ranged through the sky? Collected Poems Volume One The Beehive is an emblem of industry, and recommends the practice of that virtue to all created beings, from the highest seraph in heaven to the lowest reptile of the dust. Masonic Monitor of the Degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason together with the Ceremony of Installation, Laying Corner Stones, Dedications, Masonic Burial, Etc. That's all I mean, if you understand it of such a court as never was: one of the courts of heaven, the court of a reigning seraph, a sort of a vice-queen of an angel. The Wings of the Dove, Volume II Never had hymns more strenuous and high From seraph lips rung through the listening sky: Courage! L'Aiglon Yet the mind's splendour, with imprison'd wings, Rose high, and shone where the pure seraph sings; Where human thought taught conscience it was free, And burst the shackles of the Romish See. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 When I was bright in heaven, thy seraph eyes Sought only mine. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 Each corse lay flat, lifeless and flat, And by the holy rood, A man all light, a seraph man By every corse there stood. Modern Painters Volume II (of V) Wellhausen surmises that the seraphs of the Jews are to be traced to some such origin. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems Was it one of the seraphim that pressed her lips to his, that dropped tears upon his cheeks? Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance In the hall, a girl of twelve, with the face of a seraph, and the voice of a fiend, was shrieking at a switchboard. The Paliser case The organ was rolling and voices arose sweet as those of seraphim. The Strollers And one there is among them, With a star upon her brow, In her life a lovely woman, A sinless seraph now. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition Alas, they are living people whom we have before us—not cherubim and seraphim; and they do as they please, and act very humanly, in spite of every care we can take of their morals. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 A seraph by the throne In full glory stood. The Universal Reciter 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems To BE, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel’s wing, no seraph’s fire: But thinks admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Chronicles of Border Warfare or, a History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-Western Virginia, and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the State The poor black man understood the gallery, for the face of his child answered to that of Raphael's cherub and seraph. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character Heroes and seraphs did their utmost to sweeten and soften the situation, but the unkind tendency could not be stayed. Imaginary Interviews I ask this gift of thee— A life all lily fair, And fragrant as the gardens be Where seraphs are. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul Heaven and earth—the Church militant—the Church triumphant—angels and archangels—saints and seraphs. The Words of Jesus Then he's not so horrid fast— Waltzes like a seraph, too; Has some fortune—best and last. The Wit of Women Fourth Edition The fireplace became an altar, o'er which hung seraphim. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character Lord, let me be like the veiled seraphim before the throne, who cover their faces and their feet, and hide themselves and their service while they fly to obey Thee. Days of Heaven Upon Earth Holy habits give thee place With the noblest, best, All most godlike of thy race, And with seraphs blest. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul At length I strolled through a mazy vista to oblivion, surrounded by a dancing throng of seraphs. The Love Story of Abner Stone The hosts of radiant seraphs call To Him, most glorious of them all: Holy art Thou, O Lord! Hebrew Literature God's seraphs! do your voices sound As sad in naming sorrow? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 The stupendous vision has risen so suddenly, that you almost look if you may see the seraph which has flown round and kindled these mighty torches. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge Yet still she answered, when they sought To know her inmost, earnest thought, With look as of the seraphim "I only strive to follow Him." Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul Mrs. Shaw entered, no longer the seraph of twenty months ago. The Invader A Novel Demons developed from germs that might have produced seraphs, become rank growths, drinking in the healthful stimulants of life and reproducing them in hideous forms of vice and crime. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier Miss Melissa D——, Whose remains are deposited here, and whose ethereal part became a seraph, October 26, 1776, In the 18th year of her age. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father "The soul lives its best hours when surrounded by melody, and is drawn towards its home, Paradise, dreaming of its hymning seraphs who adore with ecstasies that can find utterance only in song." Music and Some Highly Musical People He came to a rich man's gilded door; Where a beautiful lady stood before His vision, fair as the saints are fair, With smile as sweet as the seraphs wear. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul I am not perfect, by any means: and really, I feel oppressed by the company of a seraph. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers Happiness lay beside him steering the boat, a seraph worked the oars, the land ahead must be paradise. The Art of Disappearing With the exception of the names angel, seraphim, souls, this is good Aristotelian doctrine, who also believes in the movers of the spheres and the active intellect in man as being pure forms. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy All the same, the two were not seraphim. Anthony Lyveden For page after page the poet has been poorly playing on some trifling conceits suggested by the picture of Saint Theresa and a seraph. A History of Elizabethan Literature Sister Ada tossed her head,—not as I should expect a seraph to do: then she too rose, and walked out of the room. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers Those moments most sweet are fleetest alway, For love claspeth earth's raptures not long, Till darkness and death like mist melt away, To rise to a seraph's new song. Poems This gave rise to angels, seraphim, souls, and all other forms of the upper world. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy He would see sights almost as fine as the flaming sword or the purple and peacock plumage of the seraphim; so long as he did not go near the Tree of Knowledge. What I Saw in America ‘Here Innocence may wander, safe from foes, ‘And Contemplation soar on seraph wings. The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems There are also such names as seraphim, chariots, God's hosts, watchers, holy ones, thrones, dominions, principalities and powers,—all referring to the different orders of these heavenly beings. Modern Spiritualism If, then, the drunkard is worth saving, if he has a soul capable of shining with seraphim, and if you have “any bowels of mercies,” then give him the benefit of your example. Select Temperance Tracts There a band of seraphs meet him, Chosen from the ranks around them, Guide him to the shining white throne, Where the King in glory sitteth. A Leaf from the Old Forest Heaven will defend its own, And wings of seraphs shield that king from harm, Whose proudest title is—"his people's father," Whose dearest treasure is his people's love! The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810 At the end of the room three lovely pillars upheld a minstrels' gallery, while opposite a stately oriel yawned a tremendous fireplace, with two stone seraphim for jambs. Jonah and Co. Therefore even the seraphs veil their faces with their wings when they sing the Thrice Holy. Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy Another man wants a tender, adoring, fair-haired seraph, who will worship him as a demigod, and accept him as her best revelation of strength and wisdom. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) What seraph on the wings of light Can bear a charm like thee? A Leaf from the Old Forest Best Ottilia, No seraph's song e'er bore a sweeter sound Breathed in the ear of some expiring saint, Than pardon from thy lips. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810 Everybody knows you wouldn’t take him if he was the last man on earth; an’ as for Caleb, I guess he wouldn’t marry any 113 woman above ground, not if she was a seraphim. Ladies-In-Waiting It was the Holy One who was seen sitting upon a throne high and lifted up, the object of the worship of the seraphim. Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy Where the mountains afar are dim ’Neath the tremulous tread of the seraphim, Shall not our querulous hearts prevail, That have prayed for the peace of the Holy Grail? Northern Lights What could the Olympians honour in one another or the seraphim worship in God except the embodiment of eternal attributes, of essences which, like beauty, make us happy only in contemplation? The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory Child of the Sun, unmastered and insurgent pulse of Life; breath of the empyrean, seraph winged with ardours and with loveliness! The Masque of the Elements The temple and the glory which filled it; the throne and Him who sat thereon; the seraphim, with their wings and ascriptions of Holiness. Standards of Life and Service Isaiah, as he heard the song of the seraphim, and saw the fire on the altar, and the house filled with the smoke, cried out, ‘Woe is me.’ Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy To sketch a seraph who remains one would only be to repeat the failure you made in your other effort—the one you brought to me the day I met you first. A Black Adonis But this knowledge was not the result of a moment’s or an hour’s gleaning, but nearly half a century’s existence in the seraph life. Buchanan's Journal of Man, May 1887 Volume 1, Number 4 So that when she is brought to the court, she seems in her loveliness and perfect purity, like a seraph that had wandered out of bounds, and yet breathed on earth the air of paradise. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical Even the angels, the seraphim, in that beautiful poem, written shortly before his death, "Heaven and Earth," prefer suffering to inconstancy,—to forfeit heaven rather than return there without their beloved. My Recollections of Lord Byron May it be in the spirit of fear and lowly worship that we listen to the song of the seraphim, and seek to know and worship the Thrice Holy One. Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy The Arabs name it the seraph, and indeed, that is the origin of its now best-known English name. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. He who could appear clothed with the brightness of the heavenly seraphs before Christ in the wilderness of temptation, comes to men in the most attractive manner, as an angel of light. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan She begged him to let her hear the seraphim sing. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg That watch'd me as a seraph's eye, And stood between me and the night, Forever shining sweetly nigh. My Recollections of Lord Byron Let us learn to know the Holiness of God as the seraphs do: in the worship of the Thrice Holy One. Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy Angel is no longer the word; you are a seraph! Fernley House And angel and seraph unite their voices in adoration. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan A conscious seraphim Directs the measure, when the need of song Arrives to set the spirit free again. Blue Ridge Country In vain the archangel Raphael presses the two amorous seraphim to come back to the celestial sphere, to abandon the two sisters, and menaces them. My Recollections of Lord Byron The infinite mystery of holiness, the glory of the Invisible God, before which the seraphim veil their faces, is to be unveiled, to be revealed to us. Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy This distinction was scrupulously adhered to in early art by representing the seraphim as red, and the cherubim as blue. Child-life in Art A shining seraph, “son of the morning;” how changed, how degraded! The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan But he must not meet Elinor now, not if he were a seraph. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 She was good with a goodness more than good, Was beautiful Annabel Lee, With such goodness the winged seraphs of heaven 15Coveted her of me. The Re-echo Club It is so perfect a picture of heavenly calm, that it is as hard to realize its being volcanic as it would be to imagine an outburst of passion in a seraph. Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California Somewhere her attention had been caught by the picture of a cherub, or possibly seraph, perched on a cloud and pouring from a cornucopia great masses of flowers upon the delighted earth. Tutors' Lane The Holy Cross, decorated with flowers and rays of glory, carried on high by a seraph. Diversions in Sicily A woman's love to His is faint; No brother cleaves as close as He; No seraph words could ever paint The love this Friend now bears to me. Gleams of Sunshine Optimistic Poems The mausoleum was adorned with a variety of little seraphs who supported an illuminated shrine, which was fixt to the top of the cupola. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I The vision of the throne "high and lifted up" between seraphim. Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens So the seraph said, speaking in God's name, "Lo, this hath touched thy lips, and thine iniquity is taken away and thy sin purged." The Preacher and His Models The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891 There were circumstances of temptation, modes of delusion, under which the faith of a seraph might sink. Deerbrook The person who achieves celebrity of this sort in Philadelphia is not unlike the seraph who attains to eminence in the heavenly choir. A Border Ruffian 1891 I am not fit to talk to such a seraph. Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow Fourier does something of this kind; in his system the class names of young scullions are cherubs and seraphs! The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Above the throne, or rather round it, like the courtiers surrounding the throne of an Eastern monarch, stand the seraphim. The Preacher and His Models The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891 Lilian Archer envied no girl on the face of the globe, no white-robed seraph in heaven; and for her sake others, too, strove hard to hope, to help, to shower good wishes and congratulation. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War He had worked with Cimabue, the father of Italian art, and had been chum of Giotto, to whom all cherubim and seraphim trace. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers He replied, 'Madam, the kalmia has precisely the colours of a seraph's wing.' Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin My seraph was under me, and my head rested in my saddle, over which another robe had been laid. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse The seraph flew with the hot stone and laid it on the lips of the future prophet. The Preacher and His Models The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891 Saints and seraphs, such as they appeared to Fra Angelico, look in upon me through the stained-glass windows, that I may always read and study as if under their holy eyes. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy On the contrary, hope with seraph wings fanned him blissfully. Doctor Luttrell's First Patient There must be some way to win the paradise on earth and this seraph. The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette She was beautiful as a praying seraph, like one of those white phantoms who rise with their airy figures to Heaven, palm-branches of glory in their hands. Debts of Honor By our translation the impression is produced that they come from the seraphim. The Preacher and His Models The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891 Old Ocean claps his hands, the Desert shouts, And vernal Breezes wafting seraph sounds Melt the prim�val North. Notes and Queries, Number 68, February 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. O reft from me and from my clinging grasp, And circled straightway by the close, warm clasp Of seraph bosoms in the land above! Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 454 Volume 18, New Series, September 11, 1852 We are authorized," says Dr. Campbell, "both by use and analogy, to say either cherubs and seraphs, according to the English idiom, or cherubim and seraphim, according to the Oriental. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. She was old-fashioned and precise in her attire, and she is perhaps forty years of age, but her face is as beautiful as a seraph's. The Romance Of Giovanni Calvotti From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.) I have seen many lovely ones, yet as Byron hath it: ‘Maidens, like moths, are ever caught by glare, And Mammon wins his way where seraphs might despair.’ The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 Like a seraph she can sing, Wi' charming grace and witching manner, Thrilling o'er the music string. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Now hand in hand, they stand by the shore Of a river dark and wide; And the songs which the seraphs are wafting o'er, They catch from the other side. Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. "To Thee cherubim and seraphim continually do cry." The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. But since it was earth, and Paradise not yet real, and there were checks and bars enough in their human lot, they came back from that seraph flight. The Long Roll The eastern shepherds, 'biding in the fields, O'erlook the flocks till now their constant care, And light divine to mortal sense reveals A seraph bright descending in the air. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries Methinks I hear in distance harps By heavenly seraphs strung, And in the concave of the sky The holy vespers sung! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century They sing in the Bible and sound so grand I've always wanted to hear one though I know there isn't a seraphim that could sing sweeter than Jenny Lind. Mary Rose of Mifflin Bihisht in the Persian tongue means Paradise, and a Bihishtee is therefore an inhabitant of Paradise, a cherub, a seraph, an angel of mercy. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II If they began pushing ahead of each other, cherubim wanting to be above seraphim, and angels envious of archangels, what a falling there would be from heaven! The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent A Complete Course of 66 Short Sermons, or Full Sermon Outlines for Each Sunday, and Some Chief Holy Days of the Christian Year A woman will endure martyrdom with the expression of a seraph,—an extremely aggravating seraph. The Daughters of Danaus "The seraph eye shall count the starry train, Like distant isles embosomed on the main." The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 "You're an angel," she exclaimed fervently, "a regular seraphim and cherubim angel, if you are independent." Mary Rose of Mifflin Early in years, and yet more infantine In figure, she had something of sublime In eyes which sadly shone, as seraphs' shine. Don Juan And if it be no evil prayer to breathe, Oh, let no stranger saint or seraphim Wait there to lead up to the judgment seat, My timid soul with weeping eyes and dim. A Cluster of Grapes A Book of Twentieth Century Poetry For Tommy has the face of a seraph with the heart of a hardy Norseman. April's Lady A Novel Surely, that beautiful creature must have been my mother, for long did she come and play the seraph’s part over her child, and watched by his pillow, till he sank in the repose of innocence. Rattlin the Reefer I was almost positive I could hear music: sweet and faint and soft as a seraph’s sigh, it came down to my ear on the gentle wind. Peter the Whaler He saw, it seemed to him, the myriad peaks, the vast cavernous mountain clefts of a magic land, the abode of seraphim and the sun's eternal smile. Doom Castle He wears boots of red leather, and huge spurs with bell rowels; and he is never seen without the “seraph”. The Rifle Rangers A woollen seraph of finest wool lies scarf-like across her left shoulder, half concealing a velveteen vest or spencer, close-buttoned over the rounded hemispheres of her bosom. The Lone Ranche The tawny iris—oh! the slim-necked swan; And, sign of exiled souls, the bay divine; Ruddy as seraph's heel its fleckless sheen, Blushing the brightness of a trampled dawn. Silverpoints To these he has added the powers and dominations, with proper angels, cherubs, and seraphs, and clouds to support the same. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) Where there is no spoken petition for anything affecting outward life, there may be the prayer of contemplation such as the burning seraphs before the Throne do ever glow with. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. “Yes, I do, you cross old thing!” said the seraph, shaking her golden locks and laughing saucily; “and I remember also that your ‘favourite Herrick’ says something else about one’s ‘gathering rose-buds whilst one may.’ She and I, Volume 1 Groups of seraphim, bands of heavenly minstrels bearing all kinds of ancient musical instruments, 74monograms, and sacred emblems, all combine to give a rich variety. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See The seraph arm grows weary—now is furled The gleam in dreamy vapor from the world! The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy When the Flood came, the seraph carried off his innamorata to another planet.—Byron, Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 But the seraph nestled into the hollow of Shann's two palms and looked up at him with all the old liquid trust. Storm Over Warlock Above the heavenly hosts are outspread the wings of cherubim and seraphim; and in the poultry-yards of earth the geese exalt their wings high over the other lesser feathered creatures. The Home Suffer this mother's kiss, Best thing that earthly is, To guide the music and the glory through, Nor narrow in Thy dream the broad upliftings Of any seraph wing! In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 Christmas Poems from 'round the World A heav'nly arch it forms— It seems suspended by some seraph's arms! The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy This at once drove away the seraphs and the angels, and left me in full possession of my faculties. Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure Nature's Evening Hymn. 1The heavenly spheres, to thee, O God, Attune their evening hymn; All wise, all holy, thou art praised, In song of seraphim! Hymns for Christian Devotion Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination The holy man seemed in the midst of them as a seraph incarnate, burning with heavenly ardors of divine love, and inflaming those who heard him speak. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March First, because he never wrote parts that only seraphs of light could play. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians The Angel from Viper He had violet eyes, the smile of a seraph, and a halo of yellow hair, and he came from Viper, which is a creek many, many hills away from Happy Valley. In Happy Valley Is it a self-evident truth that the ape, the lizard, and the worm are equally "modes" of the same substance with the angel and the seraph? Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws Sweet star, of seraph brightness, That for a transient day Shed o'er our souls such lightness, And then withdrew the ray! Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems He has lost his God, and like some fallen seraph flying in rayless night, he gropes his way on flagging pinions, searching for light where darkness reigns, for life where Death is King. Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales And the young seraph Cuchulain, still rolling his golden curl between his lips, went obediently forward and set down his nodding plumes between two who whimpered and stared and quaked. Here are Ladies The youngest son, Michel, was an infant of four years, and with his large blue eyes and long golden hair, might have figured as one of the seraphs of Murillo. Tancred Or, The New Crusade Sped by the mandate of his recreant train, Lo! commerce, broad winged seraph of the main! Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) Chanting low and sweet evangels, 'Mid a seraph band. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems Here I thought his childish fancy had built a paradise and peopled it with dainty seraphim and made himself its Adam. Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales Those whose duty it was sped swiftly downwards to find Brien of the O'Brien nation; and while they were gone, all in vain the seraph Cuchulain crushed flamy barbs against that bosom of doom. Here are Ladies He goes among the churches," said the lamented Professor B. B. Edwards, of the Andover Seminary, "burning like a seraph. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. Is not Summer, when he chooses, still, silent, and serene as a sleeping seraph? Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by seraphim, whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 The mind, winged like a seraph, and armed like a thunderbolt, would have breached the very citadel of knowledge and robbed it of its treasures. Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales A young seraph, named Cuchulain, chancing to pass that way shortly afterwards, saw the threepenny-piece peeping brightly from the rocks, and he picked it up. Here are Ladies At the centre was Christ enthroned, next came a series of nine semicircles containing the orders of the angels, seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations, virtues, powers, principalities, archangels and angels. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" I doubted if the logic of the sages or the wooing of the celestial seraphim would have wrought with such convincing power on the mind and ears of Lemuel Biddy. Cape Cod Folks To be, contents his natural desire; He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 It is surrounded by cherubim and seraphim, and sings the song of Moses and the Lamb on Mount Zion. The Annals of the Poor But the sudden light struck him to a wondering silence, and the sight of the judge holding the seraph Cuchulain like a limp flower to his breast held him gaping— "Bring him here," said Rhadamanthus. Here are Ladies It is surrounded by cherubim and seraphim, and sings the song of Moses and the Lamb on Mount Sion. The Dairyman's Daughter What was the effect of this courage of the vigilant and active seraph? Essays on Various Subjects Principally Designed for Young Ladies She is like a seraph in her serenity, and I might just as well have been talking to a stone wall for all the effect my words seemed to have. The Opinions of a Philosopher Let the artist represent reality, and all that is in him, though it were the faith of seraphs, will go into the representation. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 Down went the seraph Cuchulain, swirling in wide tumbles, scarcely visible for quickness. Here are Ladies A seraph may pray for a sinner, But the sinner must pray for himself. Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two He has the face of a seraph, and a voice that lisps out curses with the fluency of a veteran trooper. Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour Soon, soon thy little feet have trod The skyward path, the seraph's road, That led thee back from man to God, Casa Wappy! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century The following are examples of words taken from miscellaneous sources; that is, from sources other than Anglo-Saxon, Latin, French-Latin, and Greek:— Hebrew: amen, cherub, jubilee, leviathan, manna, sabbath, seraph. New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words The coin was not delivered, That young seraph, Cuchulain, walked about like a person who was strange to himself. Here are Ladies Should a seraph sing in my ear tonight, Or a sweet voiced angel come. The Dog's Book of Verse No splendid hearse or nodding plumes; no long procession, save the unheard tread of the angels; no requiem, save the unheard harps of the seraphs. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America "Praised by the ever-whirling ring Of stars and tuneful seraphim— To the Good Spirit—the Father-king In heaven!—this glass to Him!" The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century But at length, after much perplexity and distress, all comes clear; and they are again blessed with a perfect spiritual sympathy, as serene and pure as that between two seraphs. The Friendships of Women "It's a fix," said Rhadamanthus; and for a little time he stared menacingly at the seraph Cuchulain. Here are Ladies She dreamed of innumerable angels flying all around her, and yet their voices were so harsh they awoke her at last, and still these seraphs were flying in the day. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times Do seraphs know—God does—how wide And deep is sorrow's bitter tide Of dolor and despair, And darkness everywhere? Poems Vol. IV Arising from the past With stormy clouds o'ercast, And darkened by a long-enduring night, The Future's child and Freedom's—seraph bright! The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy She told of seraphs, on wings of light, That floated from star to star, And were sometimes sent on a mission high To a blighted orb afar. Indian Legends and Other Poems He seized the seraph Cuchulain, lifted him to his breast as one lifts a sparrow, and tramped back with him— "Fetch me that other," said he, sternly, and he sat down. Here are Ladies A clear human child is a shining seraph from heaven sunk thus low. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life She flushed a little as she greeted him, and he greeted her with a seraph's smile. The Admirable Tinker Child of the World Beyond the transient sound of earthly praise Thy virtues live, perhaps, in seraph's lays! The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan Angels and archangels May have gathered there; Cherubim and seraphim Thronged the air. Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse The young seraph Cuchulain blew the curl of gold away from his mouth— "Findings are keepings," said he loudly, and he closed his mouth and stared very impertinently at the judge. Here are Ladies The music of the seraphim brings to his mind the age of gold, and that suggests the judgment and the redemption of the world. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series And truly, if you can conceive of a seraph in an Eton suit, a low-cut white waistcoat, and a white tie, there was something in what she said. The Admirable Tinker Child of the World Ah me, why was I chosen to join my eternal being with yours? when innumerable seraphs would salute you 'husband' with enthusiastic joy and gratitude!....' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The foulest fiend is only the loftiest seraph spoiled. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 "Let them come and take it from me," said the seraph Cuchulain. Here are Ladies Cimabue's gigantic angels at Assisi, and the radiant seraphs of Raphael or of Signorelli, were seen by Milton in his Italian journey. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series But Tinker looked like a guileless seraph pondering the innocent joys of the Islands of the Blessed, to a degree which made such a suspicion a very shameful thing indeed. The Admirable Tinker Child of the World Annie sped upon her mission of love through the murky streets and lanes of Glamerton, as certainly a divine messenger as any seraph crossing the blue empyrean upon level wing. Alec Forbes of Howglen Yet who was it that put them there, those unspeakable angels in muslin drapery, those fly-away nymphs and graces and seraphim? Post-Prandial Philosophy The seraph Cuchulain walked over to him— "I will take the clothes of the second man that passes," said he, and he sat down. Here are Ladies A seraph, with outspread wings, flew toward him from the edge of the horizon, and bathed his soul in raptures unutterable. Life of St. Francis of Assisi Hoping from dust formed man, a seraph's love And days on earth like to the days of heaven. Zophiel A Poem Her brows were as unwritten as a child's, her smile as pure as a seraph's, and her eyes blue, unfaltering and candid. Lore of Proserpine More than that scoundrel who had betrayed her and then flung her to me, I hated her, Lilith, the tempting devil in the guise of a seraph! Dr. Dumany's Wife If you acquire fever, you're as well off as the seraphim—and not a whit better. In Search of the Unknown In the centre of the vision appeared- 296 - a cross, and the seraph was nailed upon it. Life of St. Francis of Assisi "That boy wouldn't tell a lie no more 'n a seraphim!" said Samantha tersely. Timothy's Quest A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It For then shall burst on man’s astonished eyes The Christian banner waving in the skies, p. 27Borne by angelic bands supremely fair, By countless seraphs through the pathless air. The Poetry of Wales But rarely seen since Nature’s birth, The natives of the sky; Yet still one seraph’s left on earth, For Jessy did not die. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Without it the verse of a seraph would be smothered praise. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes Though storms of life were blowing snell, And on his brow sat brooding care, Thy seraph smile would quick dispel The darkest gloom of black despair. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century A glory of seraphim, with groups of angels, shed a brilliant light upon its splendors. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) Two shapes of august bearing, seraph tall, Of indolent imperturbable regard, Stood in the Tavern door to drink. Songs from Vagabondia So may no ruffian feeling in thy breast, Discordant jar thy bosom-chords among; But peace attune thy gentle soul to rest, Or love ecstatic wake his seraph song. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham The Life and portion of lost sinners, The marvel of heaven's seraphim, To sea and land the God Incarnate The choir of heaven cries, “Unto Him!” The Story of the Hymns and Tunes There, when the seraphs sing, In cloudless day; There, where the higher praise The ransom'd pay. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century But you sing now—like several kinds of seraphs. The Shield of Silence With its central cross and graceful vine decorations, it stands out unique among the groups of saints and seraphs, of angels and hierarchies, of most of the Roman apsidal ornaments. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance There at the Almighty Father's hand, Nearest the throne of living light, The choirs of infant seraphs stand, And dazzling shine, where all are bright. Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States Holy! holy! holy! all the saints adore Thee, Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea; Cherubim and seraphim, falling down before Thee, Which wert, and art, and evermore shall be. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes The BEE-HIVE is an emblem of industry, and recommends the practice of that virtue to all created beings, from the highest seraph in heaven to the lowest reptile of the dust. The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge And so the images of the seraphim were set up, not to be worshipped, for this was forbidden by the first commandment; but as a sign of their function, as stated above. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer, Swung by seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor. The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future I know she is in Heaven with the blest, 'Midst flow'rs whose glory time can never dim Singing God's praise, and blest by seraphim. The Evolution of Love Will her sweet seraph face again e'er bring Their former light to these despairing eyes. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch In the east of the Council Chamber must be a canopy, elevated by seven steps, supported by four lions and four eagles, and between them an angel, or seraphim, with six wings. The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge For no breeze may stir Along the steady flight O seraphim; no echo there, Beyond all depth or height. The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art "Till seraphs swing their snowy hats, And saints to windows run, To see the little tippler Leaning against the sun!" The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin The s should be omitted and the Hebrew plural retained, or the preferable course adopted, and the final s be added, making cherubs, seraphs, &c. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. Love, on the rack who holds me as he brought, Fears when he sees her thus my soul retain, Where still the seraph face and sweet voice reign, Which first his tyranny and triumph wrought. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch Adoring seraphs sometimes attend, one on each side, or even sainted personages. The Madonna in Art Gone forever opportunity!—and the wings of seraphim could not overtake and bring it back. The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service The words had not left her lips ere she was in God's presence, a pure, beautiful seraph of light. angel agnes, farewell! Angel Agnes The Heroine of the Yellow Fever Plague in Shreveport The subtly-quickening breath of morn my inmost being is borne, And I behold th' unearthly train Of solemn splendours that pertain To seraph state, Such as our glories symbolize. Atmâ A Romance But no! that look is not the last; We yet may meet where seraphs dwell, Where love no more deplores the past, Nor breathes that withering word—Farewell! Many Thoughts of Many Minds A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age Less terrible this voice was; a seraph's rather, at the lodge-gate, welcoming the morn. Hetty Wesley Happy spirit, welcome in; Hark! the song of seraphim Hails thy presence at the throne— Earth is lost, and Heaven is won! Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers The world beyond is strange; the golden streets, The palaces so fair, The seraphs singing in the shining seats, The glory everywhere,— And to his soul he solemnly repeats The visions of the Book. The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation Few have hungered for the Bread of Angels like this seraph of earth. The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse Sweeter the choral song of groves and founts, Grander the anthem of the starry spheres; From God's vast universe, forever, mounts A strain that charms his own and seraphs' ears. Lays of Ancient Virginia, and Other Poems To a woman still kneeling by a pillar close within the western doorway it was as the voice of a seraph speaking with the dawn, fresh from his night-watch over earth. Hetty Wesley Opposite this picture is a rather interesting dark canvas blending seraphim and Italian architecture. A Wanderer in Venice He reigns above, he reigns alone: Systems burn out and leave his throne: Fair mists of seraphs melt and fall Around him, changeless amid all— Ancient of days, whose days go on! The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation |
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