Quand me"  me Dieu n'existerait pas, la religion serait encore sainte et divineöDieu est le seul e"  tre qui, pour re¤  gner, n'ait me"  me pas besoin d'exister. Even if God did not exist, religion would still be holyand divine.God isthe only being who, inorder toreign, need not even exist.

-Baudelaire, Charles
  Journaux intimes.'Fuse¤  es', no.1.

   And he said,Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Exodus 3:5.

For I am the L your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORDLeviticus11:44.

For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Psalms16:10.

There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the cityof God, theholy place of thetabernacles ofthemost High.God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Psalms 46:4^5.

  In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the L of hosts: the whole earth isfull of hisglory. And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORDIsaiah 6:1^4.

   Give notthat which isholy untothe dogs, neithercast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew 7:6.

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that yeshould shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.

-Bible (NewTestament)
Peter 2:9.

And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not dayand night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

-Bible (NewTestament)
Revelation 4:8.

The hills tell each other, and the listening Valleys hear; all our longing eyes are turned Up to thy holy feet visit our clime. Come o'er the eastern hills and let our winds Kiss thy perfumed garments; let us taste Thy morn and evening breath. Scatter thy pearls Upon our love-sick land that mourns for thee.

-Blake,William
  Poetical Sketches,'To Spring'.

Is this a holy thing to see In a rich fruitful land, Babes reduced to misery, Fed with cold and usurous hand?

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

   Therefore with Angels, and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name; evermore praising thee, and saying: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory: Glory be to thee,O Lord most High. Amen.

-Book of Common Prayer
Holy Communion, Praise.

O ye wha are sae guid yoursel, Sae pious and sae holy, Ye've nought to do but mark and tell Your Neebours'fauts an folly!

-Burns, Robert
  'Address to the Unco Guid, or the Rigidly Righteous', stanza1.

A savage place! as holyand enchanted As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted By woman wailing for her demon-lover!

-Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
  'Kubla Khan'.

Toda la cristiandad debe tomar alegr|¤a y hacer grandes fiestas, y dar gracias solemnes a la SantaTrinidad, con muchas oraciones solemnes por el tanto ensalzamiento que habra¤  n, en torna¤  ndose tantos pueblos a nuestra Santa Fe, y despue¤  s por los bienes temporales que no solamente a la Espan‹  a, mas a todos los cristianos tendra¤  n aqu |¤ refigerio y ganancia. All Christendom ought to feel joyful and make great Compton-Burnett celebrations and give solemn thanks to the HolyTrinity with many solemn prayers for the great exaltation which it will have, in the turning of so many people to our holy faith, and afterwards for material benefits, since not only Spain but all Christians will hence have refreshment and profit.

-Columbus, Christopher Spanish name  Cristo¤  bal Colo¤  n
  Carta del descubrimiento (translated as The Letter in Spanish of Christopher Columbus,1889).

Sanctum Satanum meum. My holy Satan.

-St Peter Damian or Pietro Damiani
c.1070  Of Hildebrand, later Pope Gregory VII. Letter to Pope Alexander II and Cardinal  Archdeacon Hildebrand.

Since I am coming to that holy room Where, withThy choir of saints forevermore, I shall be madeThy Music, as I come I tune the instrument here at the door, And what I must do then, think now before.

-Donne,John
c.1623  'Hymn to God My God, in My Sickness'.

But we, how shall we turn to little things And listen to the birds and winds and streams Made holy by their dreams, Nor feel the heart-break in the heart of things?

-Gibson,Wilfred Wilson
  'Lament'.

Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise toThee: Holy, Holy, Holy! merciful and mighty! God inThree Persons, blesse'  d Trinity.

-Heber, Reginald
  'Holy, Holy, Holy!'.

Holy Deadlock.

-Herbert, SirA(lan) P(atrick)
   Title of novel.