aeonian

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Man, again, has a certain aeonian life; possibly ranging somewhere about the period of seventy years assigned in the Psalms.

From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas

With what wings   Would she come forth to greet the aeonian summer?

From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 1 by MacDonald, George

Being and not being came round in endless succession for all save him, into whom all being was resolved, and out of whom it emerged again, as from the vortex of some aeonian Maelstrom.

From Guide to Stoicism by Stock, St. George William Joseph

In memory of John Greenleaf Whittier, September 7, 1892," and this verse: "Some sweet morning, yet in God's Dim aeonian periods, Joyful I shall wake to see Those I love, who rest in Thee.

From The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) by Marvin, Frederic Rowland

His soul had moved amid similar evocations in some aeonian past, whence now the sand was being cleared away.

From Four Weird Tales by Blackwood, Algernon