benignant

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From the Furies of frightful aspect they became the Benignant Ones, the Eumenides, protectors of the suppliant.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Be hushed before the high Benignant Power That moves wool-shod through sepulcher and tower!

From A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia by Brawley, Benjamin Griffith

Clang! clang!—we forge the colter now— The colter of the kindly plow; Benignant Father, bless our toil; May its broad furrow still unbind To genial rains, to sun and wind, The most productive soil!

From Sanders' Union Fourth Reader by Sanders, Charles W.

S: Allah is Benignant to His servants; He gives sustenance to whom He pleases, and He is the Strong, the Mighty.

From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf

And is it thou?—that smile Benignant on thy face?—thy lips that charm With gracious sounds of love and dear forgiveness?

From The Bride of Messina, and On the Use of the Chorus in Tragedy by Schiller, Friedrich