 | 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...quite; Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? The world recedes—it disappears... | |
 | 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,...quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath? — Tell me, my soul! — can this be death? 3 The world recedes ! — it... | |
 | Thomas Cotterill - Hymns, English - 1829 - 292 pages
...the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. 2 Hark I they whisper, angels say, " Sister spirit, come away...3 The world recedes ; it disappears; Heaven opens to my eyes : my ears With sounds seraphic ring ; Lend, lend your wing% I mount, I fly; O grave ! where... | |
 | 1829 - 442 pages
...strife, And let me languish into life. 3 Hark ! they whisper ! angels say, Pister spirit, come away Í. What is this absorbs me quite — Steals my senses,...recedes, it disappears ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my eats With sounds seraphic ring! LeJid, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! О grave, where is thy victory... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1963 - 884 pages
...his De Vita Hadriani, § xxv. 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... | |
 | 1857 - 398 pages
...— the bliss — of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. " Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, Sister spirit, come...quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? " The world recedes, it disappears... | |
 | 1901 - 502 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...quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath? Tell me, my soul, can this be death? The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - Poetry - 1993 - 422 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...quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath? Tell me, my soul, can this be death? The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven... | |
 | Glenn C. Wilcox - Music - 1993 - 366 pages
...say, Sister spirit, come Li' e — i -pHark ! they whisper ; angels say, Sister spirit, come away ; Sister spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite— Steals my senses, shuts my sight ' H6IZL —6 1 JO; -PP-P 184 nws my breath, Tell me, my soul, con thii be death T :|; Soft. __ /^ ~*... | |
 | Music - 1994 - 270 pages
...rmnr°iinif^i NEW ÏOIIK ANTIIEM, Conlinued. FP -h— IHffiFffi Increase. 197 P. f£ zac 22: Soros me quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath, Tell me, my loul, can this be lUath? Tell me, my soul, can lll II /-— _ . . IIIIII x— r- -Ir p. Increase. Vivace.... | |
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The 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! where is thy Victory? O Death! where is thy Sting. 
