truce of God

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I entered, reverent of whatever shrine Guards piety and solace for my kind Or gives the soul a moment's truce of God, And shared decorous in the ancient rite 310 My sterner fathers held idolatrous.

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell

The truce of God being past, the battle was now on again.

From The High Heart by King, Basil

There is at present, indeed, a remarkable lull, a "truce of God," which, it may be hoped, is of good omen; but we dare not be too sure that it is going to be permanent.

From Occasional Papers Selected from the Guardian, the Times, and the Saturday Review, 1846-1890 by Church, R. W. (Richard William)

There was the truce of God between them for the few days that Adrienne Lecouvreur remained on earth.

From Francezka by Seawell, Molly Elliot

Let the bugles sound the truce of God to the whole world forever.

From Elson Grammar School Literature v4 by Elson, William H.