In other (Sacred Harp) words, abate to zephyr

• abate, verb. To reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; lessen; diminish.
• beatific, adjective. Bestowing bliss, blessings, happiness, or the like; blissful, saintly.
• bower, noun. An attractive dwelling or retreat; a shelter (as in a garden) made with tree boughs or vines twined together.
• Columbia, noun. The United States.
• diadem, noun. A crown worn as a sign of royalty.
• eglantine, noun. The sweetbrier, Rosa rubiginosa; the wild rose or dogrose, Rosa canina.
• Elysian, noun. Paradise; state of bliss.
• evergreen, noun. A place always green or verdant.
• fettered, adjective/verb. Bound; restrained; shackled.
• gird, verb. To fasten or secure (clothing, for example), or, figuratively, to prepare. 
• host, noun. An army; a multitude or great number of persons or things.
• keel, noun. A central fore-and-aft structural member in the bottom of a hull of a ship.
• myriad, noun. A very great number; large in number.
• pensively, adverb. With thoughtfulness; with gloomy seriousness or some degree of melancholy.
• pinions, noun. The wings of a bird.
• rapture, noun. Ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy; full of feeling.
• rapturous, adjective. Filled with or characterized by great joy or rapture; ecstatic.
• refulgent, adjective. Radiant; gleaming; resplendent; shining brightly and radiantly.
• seraph, noun. An angel of the first order.
• seraphic,  adjective. Very beautiful or pure like that of an angel; angelic.
• superlative, noun. Something of the highest possible excellence; the highest degree.
• swarmed, verb. (past tense of swarm) To fly or move about together in large numbers.
• transitory, adjective. Passing without continuance; continuing a short time; fleeting.
• unbeclouded, adjective. Not obscured with a cloud or clouds; not cloudy.
• vernal, adjective. Belonging to the spring; appearing in spring.
• warbler, noun. A singer; a songster.
• yon/yonder, adjective. Being at a distance within view.
• zephyr, noun. The west wind; a gentle breeze; a light wind.