upbear

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Gretchen, in the golden cloud, is raised above all past delusions, worthy to redeem and upbear the wise man who stumbled into the pit of error while searching for truth.

From Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman. by Fuller, Margaret

No awning was spread over the square, this evening, and every eye beheld the ascent of the resurrected saints, a wondrous cloud seeming to upbear them upon its billowy whiteness.

From The Mark of the Beast by Watson, Sidney

How pleasant is the course along a new river, the sight of new shores! like a life, would but life flow as fast, and upbear us with as full a stream.

From At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe by Fuller, Arthur B.

What shall I say of those fair buildings, which ’tis so wonderful to see the ground among those fens upbear?’

From Prose Idylls, New and Old by Kingsley, Charles

Sandalphon, whose white wings to heaven upbear The weight of human prayer, Stood silent in the still eternal Light Of God, one dreadful night.

From Collected Poems Volume One by Noyes, Alfred