upbear

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The white bones, which my body's wreck outlast, Girdled in flowing black they will upbear, Sprinkle with rare, old wine, and gently cast In bath of snowy milk, with pious care.

From The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse by Williams, Theodore C.

Strong-winged this Eagle, either wafter ready To buoy and to upbear that body great.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 13, 1890 by Various

No awning was spread over the square, this evening, and every eye beheld the ascent of the resurrected saints, a wondrous cloud seeming to upbear them upon its billowy whiteness.

From The Mark of the Beast by Watson, Sidney

Up through the waves the Dolphins bound, A hundred bended backs are found, Each one more eager than the rest To upbear the sweet Player on Ocean's breast.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Wild River, a little farther down, you may ford almost dry-shod, and in four hours it shall reach such heights and depths as might upbear our mightiest man-of-war.

From Gala-days by Hamilton, Gail