The mere sight of this May-pole gave a glow to my feelings, and spread a charm over the country for the rest of the day; and as I traversed a part of the fair plain of Cheshire, and the beautiful borders of Wales, and looked from among swelling hills down a long green valley, through which "the Deva wound its wizard stream," my imagination turned all into a perfect Arcadia.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
Four lofty stairways ascend to the hoary chapels within each sculptured pyramid, every dusky vault containing the broken image of the tutelary Deva.
"Through the Malay Archipelago"
Emily Richings
On each side of the visitor are two immense images of the Deva kings.
"Buddhism and Buddhists in China"
Lewis Hodus