bear aloft

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But armoured fleets bear aloft on their decks a rampart of towers, so that fighting may like place even at sea as from the walls of a fortress.

From Scientific American • Feb. 4, 2013

He writes:— 'But when I mount behind the coach, And bear aloft a flaming torch.'

From Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 by Hill, George Birkbeck Norman

To them no king seals his dominions When morning breaks in eastern air; Their life is free as are their pinions Which bear aloft the gladsome pair.

From Essays on Scandinavian Literature by Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth

"Thy will be done." 1My Father, grant thy presence nigh To bear aloft my sinking soul, When sorrow o'er my pathway here In widely whelming waves doth roll.

From Hymns for Christian Devotion Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination by Chapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell)

Thou, when the rosy morn restores the light, First arm thy soldiers for th' ensuing fight: Thyself the fated sword of Vulcan wield, And bear aloft th' impenetrable shield.

From The Aeneid English by Virgil