In poetry, no less than in life, he is 'a beautiful and ineffectual angel, beating in the void his luminous wings in vain'.

-Arnold, Matthew
  Of Shelley. Essays in Criticism Second Series,'Shelley'. The phrase is a quotation from his own work on Byron.

   And the angel of the L appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, thebushburnedwithfire,andthebushwasnotconsumed.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORDExodus 3:2.

And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Luke1:28^9.

And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Luke1:38.

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding inthefield, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shoneround about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of Davida Saviour, which is Christthe Lord. And thisshall be a sign unto you;Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying ina manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, theshepherdssaid onetoanother,Let usnowgo even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Luke 2:8^15.

My mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O! my soul is white; White as an angel is the English child, But I am black as if bereaved of light.

-Blake,William
  Songs of Innocence,'The Little Black Boy'.

Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from yourdoor.

-Blake,William
  Songs of Innocence,'Holy Thursday'.

The Angel of Death has been abroad throughout the land.You mayalmost hear the beating of his wings.

-Bright,John
  Of the Crimean War. Speech, House of Commons, 23 Feb.

To think a soul so near divine, Within a form, so angel fair, United to a heart like thine, Has gladdened once our humble sphere.

-Bronte«  , Anne
  'A Reminiscence', in Poems by Currer, Ellis and  Acton Bell.

Wrote one songöand in my brain I sing it, Drew one angelöborne, see, on my bosom!

-Browning, Robert
  Men and Women,'One Word More. To E.B.B.', closing lines.

O lyric love half angel and half bird And all a wonder and a wild desire.

-Browning, Robert
^9  The Ring and the Book, bk.1, l.1391^2.

   The golden Hours, on angel wings, Flew o'er me and my Dearie; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary.

-Burns, Robert
  'Highland Mary', stanza 2.

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.

-Chandler, Raymond
  Of Moose Malloy. Farewell, My Lovely, ch.1.

The question is this: is man an ape or an angel? I am on the side of the angels.

-Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield
  Speech, Oxford, 25 Nov.

Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown: He raised a mortal to the skies; She drewan angel down.

-Dryden,John
  Of 'Divine Cecilia'.  Alexander's Feast, l.177^80.

You may not be an angel Cause angels are so few But until the day that one comes along I'll string along with you.

-Dubin, Al
  From the song 'I'll String  Along WithYou' in Twenty Million Sweethearts. Music by Harry Warren.

I know heisa devil, but hehassomethingoftheangel yet undefaced in him, which makes him so charming and agreeable that I must love him, be he never so wicked.

-Etherege, Sir George
  The Man of Mode or, Sir Fopling Flutter, act 2, sc.2.

There was a pauseöjust long enough for an angel to pass, flying slowly.

-Firbank, (ArthurAnnesley) Ronald
  Vainglory, ch.6.

The madman bum and angel beat inTime, unknown, yet putting down here what might be left to say in time come after death.

-Ginsberg, Allen
  Howl and Other Poems,'Howl, I'.

I go to my studio every day, because one day I may go and the angel will be there.What if I don't go and the angel came?

-Guston, Philip
  Quoted by Gail Godwin in the Washington Post,7 Mar.