God Preserve Thy

Famous quotes containing the words god, preserve and/or thy:

    “O yonge fresshe folkes, he or she,
    In which that love up-groweth with your age,
    Repeyreth hoom fro worldly vanitee,
    And of your herte up-casteth the visage
    To thilke God that after his image
    Yow made, and thynketh al nis but a faire
    This world, that passeth sone as floures faire.”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340–1400)

    “I feel in the depths of my soul that it is the highest, most sacred, and most irreversible part of my obligation to preserve the union of these states, although it may cost me my life.”
    —Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)

    “On thee alone my hope relies;
    Beneath thy cross I fall,
    My Lord, my life, my sacrifice,
    My Saviour, and my all.”
    —Anne Steele (1717–1778)