 | 1796 - 500 pages
...the bliss of dying! Cease, fond Nature ! cease thy strife, f And let me languish into lite. , . II. Hark! they whisper; angels say, ' Sister Spirit, come...absorbs me quite ! Steals my senses, shuts my sight, 10 Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my Soul ! can this be Death ? III. The world recedes... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pages
...VITAL spark of heav'nly flame, Quit, O quit this mortal frame : Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying, O the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature,...me quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath ? Tell me, my Soul, can this be death ? The world recedes ; it disappears... | |
 | Herbert Mends - 1801 - 432 pages
...pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. n. Hark ! they' whisper ; angels say, Sister spirit,...me quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? in. The world recedes, it disappears... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 pages
...pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond Nature ! cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. i II. Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, Sister Spirit, come...absorbs me quite ! Steals my senses, shuts my sight, 10 Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my Soul ! can this be Death ? III. The world recedes... | |
 | Abner Kneeland - 1804 - 462 pages
...Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark, they whisper ; Angels sa}% Sister .Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals my senses shuts my sight, t)rowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? The world recedes ; it... | |
 | Abner Kneeland - 1804 - 416 pages
...fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark, they whisper ; Angels say,Sister Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals my senses shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath j Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? The world recedes ; it disappears... | |
 | Edward Barry - 1806 - 244 pages
...words : VITAL spark of heav'nly flame, Quit, oh quit this mortal frame : Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying, Oh the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond...me quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my Soul, can this be death.' Tb« The world recedes; it disappears... | |
 | George Richards - 1806 - 394 pages
...the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. 2 Hark! they whisper; angels say, Sister spirit come...me quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath r Tell me, my soul, can this be death? 3 The world recedes, it disappears!... | |
 | Ralph Williston - 1806 - 436 pages
...pain, the biiss of dying ! Cease, fond nature cease, thy strife, And let me languish into life. 2. Hark! they whisper angels say, Sister spirit, come...quite ? ' Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath, Tell me, my soul, can this be death ?• 9. RESURRECTION. Hymn 426. c.... | |
 | Edward Barry - 1806 - 208 pages
...dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark! they whisper; Angela say, Sister Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs...me quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath? Tell me, my Soul, can this be death? 189 The w wlit recedes; it disappears... | |
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The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring ! Lend, lend your wings ! I mount ! I fly ! O grave, where is thy victory ? O death, where is thy sting... 
