It is probable that the reception which she gave to poor Maudge and Claud was not quite so ceremonious as ours; for the substantial benison of the visit was but half-a-crown.
At each waiting tied, Husband and wife, embracing, kneel in prayer; And lips unused to such a benison Breathe blessings upon evil, and give thanks For knowledge of its sacred ministry.
He was self-possessed; The powers of darkness and his Christian heart Had had a struggle--his the victory; And on his manly brow the benison Of a majestic peace had been imposed.
He comments on the beauties of nature and praises the benison of solitude.
The significance of the latter in this place is obvious: the promised benison to the children has been received.
O hawk from cold Achill take a benison and a victory, from the time you were born of an egg, tell the number of [the years of] your life.
Maolan, son of Naoi the cleric, His right hand be for our benison If the son of Naoi desired it To work miracles like every saint.
At meal time the board was laid; and when the benison should have been said, this minstrel made melody with music loud and high.
The bishop complained sorely, and said to all those who were there that he would not put the benison above the grace of charity.
Now blow out the trumpets, and may God's benison be with the honest men!
God's benison on the man who first turned his hand to the making of war!
Public opinion was carried by storm; the benisonof sleep had laid wrath.
Josephus, by whom it is placed on record, giveth the benison of Our Lord to all that hear and honour it.
TO HER Your presence like a benison to me Wakes my sick soul to dreamful ecstasy, I fancy that some old Arabian night Saw you my houri and my heart's delight.
Even to those who cannot read, it will come like a benison when there is no benisonin the house.
A benison rest on the Bishop who sends Such a fudder of wine as this to his friends!
It is just; It consecrates each grave within its walls, And breathes a benison o'er the sleeping dust.
And hear its leaves repeat their benison On him, whose hand if thy stones memorial laid; Then I remember one of whom was said In the world's darkest hour, "Behold thy son!
At the close of which we shall accord, By way of benison and reward, The sight of a holy Martyr's bones!
For richest and best Is the wine of the West, That grows by the Beautiful River; Whose sweet perfume Fills all the room With a benison on the giver.
To the whole human family must the benison go,--adding especially that most precious of all, the benison of Peace.
What rapture, when the closing door Shuts out the world and gives release, And on her quivering nerves once more Descends the benison of peace!
Day full of joy and benison to earth When Thou wast born, sweet Babe of Bethlehem!
The Last Verses O ageless nonpareil of stars That shinest through a mist of cloud, O light beyond the prison bars Remote, unwavering, and proud; Fortunate star and happy light, Ye benison the gloom of night.
For there far up among the hills The great storms come and go In a most proud processional Of cloud and rain and snow: There light and darkness only are A changing benison Of the old gods who wrought the world And shaped the moon and sun.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "benison" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
