 VITAL spark of heavenly flame! Quit, O quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, O, 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,...  The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers - Page 130by British essayists - 1802Full view - About this book
 | William Parkinson - Hymns, English - 1817 - 570 pages
...lover SPIRITCA1 SONGS, &C. 167 168 CLXVII. PM POPE. Departing flight of the Happy Spirit. 1 TTTTAL spark of heavenly flame; * Quit, O quit this mortal...ling'ring, flying, O the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark ! they whisper ; angels... | |
 | English poetry - 1817 - 314 pages
...blows, Where pleasure's rose And sin and sorrow are no more. Mallei. THE DYING CHRISTIAN TO HIS SOCI.. VITAL spark of heavenly flame! Quit, O quit this mortal frame! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying; Oh the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature! cease thy strife, And let... | |
 | Bible - 1818 - 106 pages
...bounds, Before the throne appear : The year, &c. HYMN V. FOB A FUNERAL. VITAL spark of heav'nly flume ! 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 lanuish into life. What is this absorbs me quite... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 334 pages
...the manifold alterations diffused in modern times over the face of nature, by the invention of avts and manufactures, by the extent of commerce, by the...ling'ring, flying, O! the pain, the bliss of dying!—— Hark; they whisper Angels say, Sister Spirit, come away! I was surprised to find this animated passage... | |
 | English essays - 1819 - 332 pages
...are improved. The dying Christian addresses his soul with a fine spirit of poetical enthusiasm. Vita! spark of heavenly flame ! Quit, O quit this mortal...ling'ring, flying, O! the pain, the bliss of dying ! Hark ; they whisper Angels say, Sister Spirit, come away ! I was surprised to find this animated... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1820 - 280 pages
...225. ODE. — Dying Christian. 1 Cor. XV. 54. 57. [Tune, Dying Christian.] 1 VITAL spark of heav'nly flame ! Quit, O quit this mortal frame ; Trembling,...ling'ring, flying, O the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. 2 Hark! they whisper, angels... | |
 | Isaac Watts, James Manning Winchell - Bible - 1820 - 308 pages
...And earth exchanged for heaven, HYMN 324. PM b Dying. Ckrisl'an. 1 \7ITAL spark of heavenly ffame, Quit, O quit this mortal frame, Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying, O the pain, the blibs of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife,^ And let me languish into life, • 2 Hark !... | |
 | Hymns - 1821 - 328 pages
...remains : Thy realm forever lasts, thine own Messiah reigns ! POPE. HYMN 440. PM The Dying Christian. VITAL spark of heavenly flame, Quit, O quit, this...ling'ring, flying, O the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life ! 2 Hark! they whisper! Angels... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 428 pages
...likewise the striking circumstance of the dying man's imagining he hears a voice calling him away. Vital spark of heavenly flame, Quit, O quit, this...ling'ring, flying, O the pain, the bliss of dying ! Hark ! they whisper ! angels say, Sister spirit, come away ! AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM. WRITTEN IN THE... | |
 | 1840 - 520 pages
..."Dying Christian" as far exceeds Adrian, as his " Messiah" does the imitated " Pollio " of Virgil. " Vital spark of heavenly flame, Quit, O quit this mortal...ling'ring, flying, O the pain, the bliss, of dying! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. "Hark! they whisper, angels say,... | |
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