 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond Nature ! cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. 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 !... | |
 | Youth's instructor - 1830 - 542 pages
...eyes are so dim, I cannot see." He said, " My dear, this is what I have often heard you sing, — ' What is this absorbs me quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight?' " "O father," she exclaimed, "I know I am going to heaven." Afterwards, being asked if she was comfortable,... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...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 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... | |
 | S B Haslam - 1824 - 658 pages
...heav'uly flame! Quit, oh ! quit this mortal frame ! Trembling — hoping — ling' ring — flying ; Oh, the pain — the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature,...say, " Sister spirit, come away !" — What is this ahsorbs me quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight? Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 630 pages
...pain, 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...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... | |
 | Hosea Ballou, Edward Turner - Hymns, English - 1824 - 406 pages
...heavenly flame, Quit, O quit, this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying, O the pa'm, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy...let me languish into life ! 2 Hark ! they whisper ! Angela say, Sister spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1824 - 84 pages
...I. VITAL spark of heavenly flame '. Quit, O quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying, O the pain, the 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 is this absorbs me quite ! Steals... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1824 - 80 pages
...> I. VITAL spark of heavenly flame 1 Quit, O quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying; O the pain, 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. What is this absorbs me quite ! Steals... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 634 pages
...spark of heavenly flame ! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame ; Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, Oh the pain, 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! What is this absorbs me quite, Steals... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1824 - 170 pages
...sparks of heavenly flame ! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame : Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying, O ihe pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. What is this absorbs me quite ; Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath... | |
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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? 
