 | Selection - 1822 - 276 pages
...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 away."...quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath ? — Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? 3 The world recedes ; it disappears... | |
 | Allen Fisk - 1822 - 192 pages
...'lying Î Cease, loud nature ! cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark ! they wisper ; angels say, Sister spirit, come away. What is this...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... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife. And let me languish into life. Hark! they whisper ; angels say, Sister spirit, come away....draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be Death ? The world recedes; it disappears ! Heav'n opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend,... | |
 | West Church (Boston, Mass.) - 1823 - 376 pages
...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 away.'...quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? 3 The world recedes ; it disappears.... | |
 | Brick Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.) - 1823 - 198 pages
...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 away;"...quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight ? Drowns my spirit, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? 3 The world recedes, it disappears... | |
 | Central Universalist Society (Boston, Mass.) - 1823 - 408 pages
...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 away....quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ?3 The world recedes — it disappears... | |
 | 1823 - 494 pages
...repeated the following lines of one of her favourite hymns, which she used to sing with peculiar interest. The world recedes, it disappears, Heaven opens on...sounds seraphic ring. Lend, lend your wings, I mount, I fly, O grave, where is thy victory ? 0 death where is thy sting ! She appeared to make every sentiment... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 630 pages
...the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. II. Hark ! they whisper ! Angels say, Sister Spirit, come away...draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be Death ? in. The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 634 pages
...the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. II. Hark ! they whisper ! Angels say, Sister Spirit, come away!...draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be Death ? III. The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 84 pages
...bliss of dying '. Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. II. Hark ! Ihey whisper ; angels say, Sister spirit, come away. What...draws my breath ! Tell me, my soul, can this be Death ? III. The world recedes! it disappears ! Heav'n opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring... | |
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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. 
