259 examples of heavenward in sentences

" The pines rocked, the storm eddied and whirled above the miserable group, and the flames of their altar leaped heavenward, as if in token of the vow.

she exclaimed, looking heavenward, "if it might be!"

At the very zenith of his heavenward flight Potts was brought low.

Hitherto, Catharine, thou hast been as one journeying in a darksome and difficult path, and leading an infant by the hand; fain wouldst thou have looked heavenward continually, but still the cares of that little child have drawn thine eyes and thy affections to the earth.

His path, he believed, must lead straight heavenward, and Mercy, the promised Mercy, would open to him the gates.

The sky Flushed with the coming of the rosy dawn; The mountains reaching heavenward; the sun That warmed the flowers, and drank their dew; the birds That built their nests well hid in leafy shade; The grass that bent in homage to the wind, All touched her heart anew with subtle thoughts; And joy brought rich unfolding in her life.

I see, For which my own blind eyes would peer in vain; Stayed by your feet, the burden I sustain Which my lame feet find all too strong for me; Wingless upon your pinions forth I fly; Heavenward your sprit stirreth me to strain; E'en as you will, I blush and blanch again, Freeze in the sun, burn 'neath a frosty sky.

Pealing grandly, awfully upward through the star-lit spaces of a grander temple than ever was reared by human hands, it rolled heavenward, on and on, and higher and higher, to the very dome of the firmament.

It was as if a tropical storm had suddenly lifted all these clinging tendrils away from the unresponsive rock and had borne them heavenward into the eager arms of a living oak.

The trees are leafless, and the hollow blast Sings a shrill anthem to the bitter gloom, The lately smiling pastures are a waste, While beauty generates in Nature's womb; The frowning clouds are charged with fleecy snow, And storm and tempest bear a rival sway; Soft gurgling rivulets have ceased to flow, And beauty's garlands wither in decay: Yet look but heavenward!

A brilliant yet mellow glow lay over the whole opposing height, lighting up the houses of Tosi and the white cottages half seen among the olives, while the mountain of Vallombrosa stretched far heavenward like a sunny painting, with only a misty wreath floating and waving around its summit.

You remember the stanza: At break of clay, as heavenward, The pious monks of St. Bernard Uttered the oft-repeated prayer, A voice cried through the startled air: Excelsior!

Here she wrote the larger portion of "Stepping Heavenward."

Many a page of Stepping Heavenward was written with this child in her arms; and perhaps that is one secret of its power.

But when, added to that, I know she will pray for me, and so help my poor soul heavenward, it does seem as if God had been too good to me.

While there she had finished Stepping Heavenward and on coming back to her city home, the cheery, loving spirit of the book seemed still to possess her whole being.

STEPPING HEAVENWARD. 1869.

I write to ask you to send me by express what numbers of Stepping Heavenward you have on hand.

Publication of Stepping Heavenward.

In a few weeks I shall be able to send you a copy of Stepping Heavenward.

Stepping Heavenward was published toward the end of October, having appeared already as a serial in the Chicago Advance.

every wanton and foolish professor, that will be stopt by anything, kept back by anything, that scarce runneth so fast heavenward as a snail creepeth on the ground?

And therefore, The fifth direction: Do not thou be too much in looking too high in thy journey heavenward.

Would'st thou soar heavenward on its joyous wing?

I had seen the month of August glide away, its progress marked only by the changing fruits and flowers of the season, and the more fervent light that pierced through the Venetian blinds when turned heavenward, for it was through these alone that the light of day was permitted to visit my chamber.

259 examples of  heavenward  in sentences