divine abode

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Pour over them from some divine abode, Falling as in a flood of memory, The bliss of God.

From Alcyone by Lampman, Archibald

The shady wood, the verdant mead, Are Virtue's flow'ry road; Nor painful are the steps which lead To her divine abode.

From The Governess; or, Little Female Academy by Fielding, Sarah

The royal city, the divine abode Of ransomed men and their eternal God, Rises 'mid blooming bowers and lofty trees, And waves its banners to the gentle breeze.

From Canadian Wild Flowers by Johnson, Helen M. (Helen Mar)

We trust the Word which tells us Of that divine abode; By faith we bring its glories nigh, While hope illumes the road.

From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James

Long ago somebody else wrote something very like it—    'Ye stars are but the shining dust    Of my divine abode;    The pavement of those heavenly courts    Where I shall see my God.

From Nobody by Warner, Susan