What is "heauenly"

Usage examples of "heauenly".

Who when these two approching he aspide,At their first presence grew agrieued sore,That forst him lay his heauenly thoughts aside.

And now it is so vtterly decayd,That any bud thereof doth scarse remaine,But if few plants preseru'd through heauenly ayd,In Princes Court doe hap to sprout againe,Dew'd with her drops of bountie Soueraine,Which from that goodly glorious flowre proceed,Sprung of the auncient stocke of Princes straine,Now th'onely remnant of that royall breed,Whose noble kind at first was sure of heauenly seed.

And soothly sure she was full fayre of face,And perfectly well shapt in euery lim,Which she did more augment with modest grace,And comely carriage of her count'nance trim,That all the rest like lesser lamps did dim:Who her admiring as some heauenly wight,Did for their soueraine goddesse her esteeme,And caroling her name both day and night,The fayrest Pastorella her by name did hight.

He thereto meeting said, My dearest Dame,Farre be it from your thought, and fro my will,To thinke that knighthood I so much should shame,As you to leaue, that haue me loued still,And chose in Faery court of meere goodwill,Where noblest knights were to be found on earth:The earth shall sooner leaue her kindly skillTo bring forth fruit, and make eternall derth,Then I leaue you, my liefe, yborne of heauenly berth.

Which when as Scudamour, who now abrayd,Beheld, whereas he stood not farre aside,He was therewith right wondrously dismayd,And drawing nigh, when as he plaine descrideThat peerelesse paterne of Dame natures pride,And heauenly image of perfection,He blest himselfe, as one sore terrifide,And turning his feare to faint deuotion,Did worship her as some celestiall vision.

So long these knights discoursed diuersly,Of straunge affaires, and noble hardiment,Which they had past with mickle ieopardy,That now the humid night was farforth spent,And heauenly lampes were halfendeale ybrent:Which th'old man seeing well, who too long thoughtEuery discourse and euery argument,Which by the houres he measured, besoughtThem go to rest.

Such wondrous science in mans wit to raineWhen Ioue auizd, that could the dead reuiue,And fates expired could renew againe,Of endlesse life he might him not depriue,But vnto hell did thrust him downe aliue,With flashing thunderbolt ywounded sore:Where long remaining, he did alwaies striueHimselfe wilth salues to health for to restore,And slake the heauenly fire, that raged euermore.

In her the richesse of all heauenly graceIn chiefe degree are heaped vp on hye:And all that else this worlds enclosure bace,Hath great or glorious in mortall eye.

And with them eke, O Goddesse heauenly bright,Mirrour of grace and Maiestie diuine,Great Lady of the greatest Isle, whose lightLike Phoebus lampe throughout the world doth shine,Shed thy faire beames into my feeble eyne,And raise my thoughts too humble and too vile,To thinke of that true glorious type of thine,The argument of mine afflicted stile:The which to heare, vouchsafe, O dearest dred a-while.