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

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

Hast thou not seen the summer breeze,      The eddying leaves, and downy feather,      Whirl round a while beneath the trees,      Then bear aloft to heaven together?

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various

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

“Then on to Freedom’s stormy height, Go forth in valour and in might, And bear aloft this emblem bright, Amid the battle fray.”

From Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact by Comfield, Amelia Stratton