 | 1825 - 260 pages
...When sinks a weary soul to rest, . 'How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves the' expiring breast ! 2 So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks...the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. 3 A holy quiet reigns around, A calm which life nor death destroys; Nothing disturbs that peace profound,... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia), Lucy Aikin - 1825 - 440 pages
...righteous soul to rest, How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves the' expiring breast ! So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale when...shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. Triumphant smiles the victor brow, Fanned by some angel's purple wing ; — Where is, O Grave ! thy... | |
 | James Montgomery - Hymns - 1825 - 482 pages
...How miliily beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves the expiring breast ! 2 So fades a summer-cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently...the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. 3 A holy quiet reigns around, A calm which life nor death destroys ; Nothing disturbs that peace profound,... | |
 | James Montgomery - Christian poetry, English - 1826 - 464 pages
...How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves the' expiring breast ! 2 So fades a summer-cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently...the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. 3 A holy quiet reigns around, A calm which life nor death destroys ; Nothing disturbs that peace profound,... | |
 | 1826 - 938 pages
...How mildly beam the closing eyesl How gently heaves tli' expiring breast 1 So fades a summer-cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; So gently...shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. * Triumphant smiles the victor's brow, Fann'd by some angel's purple wiug : O Grave, where is thy vict'ry... | |
 | Poetic gleanings - Children's poetry - 1827 - 182 pages
...righteous soul to rest ; How mildly beam the closing eyes ! How gently heaves th' expiring breast ! So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale when...shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. * A Greenland fishing-befit. HYMN TO THE MOON. 17 Triumphant smiles the victor brow, Fann'd by some... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...How mildly heams the closing eye ! How gently heaves the expiring hreast ! So fades a summer-cloud away : So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; So...shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. Trinmphant smiles the victor's hrow, Faun'd hy some guardian am;el's wing; O grave 1 where is thy victory... | |
 | Alexander Gunn - Clergy - 1829 - 560 pages
...manner. So indeed he went off, as circumstances indicated; and, "So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks a gale when storms are o'er ; So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore." • The next Sabbath, his remains were committed to the house appointed for all living, with suitable... | |
 | Christian worship - 1830 - 482 pages
...sinks a righteous soul to rest ; How mildly beam the closing eyes ! How gently heaves th' expiring breast ! 2 So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks...the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. 3 A holy quiet reigns around ; A calm which nothing can destroy; Nought can disturb that peace profound,... | |
 | Bible - 1830 - 458 pages
...When sinks a weary soul to rest, How mildly beams the closing eyes, How gently heaves the expiring breast ! 2 So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks...the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. 3 A holy quiet reigns around, A calm which life nor death destroys ; Nothing disturbs that peace profound,... | |
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So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; So gently shuts the eye of day; So dies a wave along the shore. 
