 | 1825 - 140 pages
...and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in." I. 121 CHAPTER XII. ••Hark ! they whisper, angels say ' Sister spirit,...quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath, Tell me, my soul, can this be death i "The world recedes, it disappears —... | |
 | John Benjamin Seely - Ellora (India) - 1825 - 650 pages
...men, as they approach that awful moment described by Mr. Pope, in his beautiful ode to the Soul — " What is this absorbs me quite — Steals my senses, shuts my sight ?" Even when that time comes as a relief to the good, to the suffering spirit of the evil-doer it affords... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...lingering,'flying, .• — f -i •. .- -I 10 Hark! they whisper—angels say, -.3,-•i,..,; <,-••. " Sister spirit, come away"— What is this absorbs...draws my breath ?•— Tell me, my soul, can this be—death? With sounds seraphic ring! Lend, lend your wings ! I mount! I iTy7 O Grave ! Where is thy... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1826 - 164 pages
...pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife. And let me languish into life. Drowhs my spirits, draws my breath? Tell me, my soul, can...this be death ? 3. The world recedes ; it disappears ; Heav'n opens on my eyes ! My ears With sounds seraphic ring ! Lend, lend your wings ! I mount ! I... | |
 | Henry Forster Burder, Isaac Watts - Bible - 1826 - 476 pages
...of dying I Cease, fond nature T cease thy strife} ••**.And let me languish into life ! '•"(' 2 Hark ! they whisper — angels say, - * . ' Sister spirit, come away!' What is this absorbs roe quite, •Steals my senses, shuts, my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath,?.—, \\r,-- Tell... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...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...draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend,... | |
 | Episcopal Church - Hymns, English - 1827 - 140 pages
...0,the 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,...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... | |
 | Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of the State of New York and Adjacent States and Countries - Hymns, English - 1827 - 438 pages
...the 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,...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.... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1827 - 162 pages
...spirit, come away ! What is this absorbs me 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 ! Heaven opens on mine eyes ! mine ears With sounds seraphic ring ! Lend, lend your wings ! I mount! I fly! O grave,... | |
 | Religious poetry - 1828 - 198 pages
...the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond nature! cease thy strife, And let me languish into life ! Z Hark, they whisper — angels say, "Sister spirit,...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!... | |
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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? 
