 | 1829 - 442 pages
...strife, And let me languish into life. 3 Hark ! they whisper ! angels say, Pister spirit, come away Í. What is this absorbs me quite — Steals my senses,...draws my breath? Tell me, my soul, can this be death? 3 The world recedes, it disappears ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my eats With sounds seraphic ring! LeJid,... | |
 | Thomas Cotterill - 1829 - 292 pages
...1 VITAL spark of heavenly flame, Quit, oh ! quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, Oh ! the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease,...nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. 2 Hark I they whisper, angels say, " Sister spirit, come away !" What is this absorbs me quite, Steals... | |
 | George Carver - 1926 - 504 pages
...hoping, lingering, flying — Oh the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, 5 And let me languish into life. Hark ! they whisper...absorbs me quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, 10 Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death? The world recedes; it... | |
 | Thomas Walsh - 1927 - 582 pages
...spark of heavenly flame ! Quit, O quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, O the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature,...quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death? The world recedes ; it disappears !... | |
 | Edmondstoune Duncan - 1927 - 634 pages
...hoping, lingering, flying, Oh the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, Let me languish into life. Hark ! they whisper ; angels...Spirit, come away ! What is this absorbs me quite ? That steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? O, tell me, Soul, can... | |
 | Mark Van Doren - 1928 - 1390 pages
...SOUL VITAL spark of heavenly flame! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame: Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, Oh the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond...languish into life. Hark! they whisper; Angels say, Sifter Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight. Drowns my... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 pages
...Hadrian by Aelius Spartianus in his De Vita Hadriani, § xxv. Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, 5 And let me languish into life. Hark! they whisper...absorbs me quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, 10 Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my Soul, can this be Death ? The world recedes; it... | |
 | 1857 - 398 pages
...cherubims." " Vital spark of heavenly 11 ime, Quit, oh quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, * Oh the pain — the bliss — of dying !...quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? " The world recedes, it disappears... | |
 | 1901 - 502 pages
...man."] Vital spark of heavenly flame! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame: Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, Oh the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond...quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath? Tell me, my soul, can this be death? The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - 1993 - 422 pages
...POPE Vital spark of heavenly flame! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame: Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, Oh the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond...quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath? Tell me, my soul, can this be death? The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven... | |
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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 ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? The world recedes; it disappears! 
