 | Extracts - 1828 - 786 pages
...longings shall be satisfied, my hopes accomplished, my happiness completed ; for now I come to thee." Hark ! they whisper : angels say, Sister spirit, come...draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? The world recedes—it disappears ! Heav'n opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring !... | |
 | Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 398 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,...my breath ? — Tell me, my soul, can this be Death ? The world recedes, it disappears ! Heav'n opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring !... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - American literature - 1922 - 1920 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? ia The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heav'n opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring:... | |
 | Gordon Crosse - Religious poetry, English - 1924 - 288 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...quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? The world recedes ; it disappears !... | |
 | Readers - 1925 - 582 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! Heav'n opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 424 pages
...the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let lue languish into lite ! Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, Sister spirit, come...Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, cun this lw death ? The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds... | |
 | Frank Johnson Metcalf - Church music - 1925 - 436 pages
...i!' absent relatives it will be a consolation to know that be was surrounded by the kindest friends. "What is this absorbs me quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my Dreath, Tell me, my soul, can this be death? Heaven opens on my eyes, my ears With... | |
 | George Carver - American literature - 1926 - 504 pages
...the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, 5 And let me languish into life. Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, Sister spirit, come...absorbs me quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, 10 Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death? The world recedes; it... | |
 | Thomas Walsh - Catholic literature - 1927 - 582 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 my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring; Lend,... | |
 | Edmondstoune Duncan - Ballads, English - 1927 - 634 pages
...Oh the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, Let me languish into life. Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, Sister Spirit, come away ! What is this absorbs me quite ? That steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? O, tell me, Soul, can... | |
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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? 
