divine abode

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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)

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

He poured a thousand blessings on her head, and almost thought that he saw in her beautiful form one of heaven's inhabitants sent to bear away his dear mistress to her divine abode.

From The Scottish Chiefs by Porter, Jane

Its alphabetical script is DEVANAGARI, literally "divine abode."

From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa

See also dakan, divine abode, Delitzsch, Glossar, 132.261.Cf.

From Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Langdon, Stephen