"Heavenwards" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... calm, observant eye heavenwards. Involuntarily but unobtrusively, under cover of the little tubbed trees that hedged the terrasse apart from the square, Duchemin did likewise, and so discovered, or for the first time appreciated, the cause of the uncommonly early dusk that ...
— Alias The Lone Wolf • Louis Joseph Vance
... Church, I walk'd Alone with Mary on the lawn, And felt myself, howe'er we talk'd, To grave themes delicately drawn. When she, delighted, found I knew More of her peace than she supposed, Our confidences heavenwards grew, Like fox-glove buds, in pairs disclosed. Our former faults did we confess, Our ancient feud was more than heal'd, And, with the woman's eagerness For amity full-sign'd and seal'd, She, offering up for sacrifice ...
— The Angel in the House • Coventry Patmore |
