Ascended Quotes

Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell? / Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. - Bible

Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. - Bible

Tree and Stone glittered, without shadows.
My finger-length grew lucent as glass.
I started to bud like a March twig:
An arm and a leg, an arm, a leg.
From stone to cloud, so I ascended. - Sylvia Plath

Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive. - Bible

So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour. - Bible

On the afternoon of October 19, 1899, I climbed a tall cherry tree and, armed with a saw which I still have, and a hatchet, started to trim the dead limbs from the cherry tree. It was one of the quiet, colorful afternoons of sheer beauty which we have in October in New England, and as I looked towards the fields at the east, I imagined how wonderful it would be to make some device which had even the possibility of ascending to Mars. I was a different boy when I descended the tree from when I ascended for existence at last seemed very purposive. - Dr Robert H Goddard

Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem. - Bible

Let us weep in our darkness, but weep not for him!
Not for him who, departing, leaves millions in tears!
Not for him who has died full of honor and years!
Not for him who ascended Fame's ladder so high:
From the round at the top he has stepped to the sky. - Nathaniel Parker Willis