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
| John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...or apparent, and the commencement of all substantial and permanent good: — Vital spark of heav'nly flame! Quit, O quit this mortal frame : Trembling, hoping:, ling'ring, flying, O the pain, the bFiss of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark ! they whisper... | |
| Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 426 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 mortal frame ; Trembling, hoping, ling' ring, flying, O the pain, the bliss of dying ! HarkJ. they whisper ! angels say, Sister spirit,... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...me die: Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie. ODE. Dghig ©Ijrfeuan to Ijfe Jboul. 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 me... | |
| West Church (Boston, Mass.) - Bible - 1823 - 376 pages
...thou art, we ask not where ; But there 'tis heaven to be. I1YMN CCXCIII. PM The dying christian. 1 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. 2 Hark ! they whisper ! angels... | |
| Central Universalist Society (Boston, Mass.) - Hymns, English - 1823 - 408 pages
...On the theme immortal dwelling, Join the universal praise. 412. PM 7. 8. fi. The dying Christian. 1 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... | |
| Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1824 - 84 pages
...of_Mr. Pope, written when he ieas about twelve yean old. THE DYING CHRISTIAN TO HIS SOUL. ODE.* I. 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. II. Hark ! Ihey whisper ; angels... | |
| Hosea Ballou, Edward Turner - Hymns, English - 1824 - 426 pages
...Thy realm forever lasts, thine own Messiah reigns ! 1 POPE. V HYMN 440. PM The dying Christian. ITAL 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 ! 2 Hark ! they whisper ! Angels... | |
| Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1824 - 80 pages
...wos about twelve years old. THE DYING CHRISTIAN TO HIS SOULODE* > 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... | |
| Hosea Ballou, Edward Turner - Hymns, English - 1824 - 406 pages
...Thy realm forever lasts, thioe own Messiah reigns I POPE. V HYMN 440. PM The dying Christian. ITAL spark of 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 strife, And let me languish into life ! 2... | |
| Robert Taylor Hunt - Hymns, English - 1825 - 382 pages
...with the Lord ; The labours of their mortal life End in a large reward. 437 fffffffff** Pope's Ode. VITAL spark of heavenly flame, Quit, O quit this mortal...ling'ring, flying, O the pain, the bliss of dying. Cease, fond native, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark ! they whisper, angels say,... | |
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