Beyond the flight of time, Beyond the reign of death, There surely is some blessed clime Where life is not a breath. Nor life's affections transient fire, Whose sparks fly upward and expire. The People's Magazine - Page 841834Full view - About this book
| Choice descriptive poetry - 1852 - 112 pages
...clime, Where life is not a breath ; Nor life's affection's transient fire, Whose sparks fly upwards and expire. There is a world above, Where parting is unknown, A long eternity of love, Form'd for the good alone ; And Faith beholds the dying here, Translated to that glorious sphere. Thus... | |
| Mrs. Anderson (Caroline Dorothea), Caroline Dorothea Anderson (hon.) - 1852 - 280 pages
...may be taught to feel that while all perishes here below, there is a resurrection to eternal life ; " There is a world above, Where parting is unknown ; A long eternity of love Form'd for the good alone : And faith beholds the dying here Transplanted to that glorious sphere."... | |
| Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...upward to expire. There is a world above, Where parting is unknown, — A whole eternity of love, Form'd for the good alone ; And faith beholds the dying here Translated to that happier sphere. Thus star by star declines, Till all are pass'd away, As morning high and higher shines... | |
| James Freeman Clarke - 1853 - 762 pages
...Where life is not a breath, Nor life's affections transient fire, Whose sparks fly upward and expire. 3 There is a world above, Where parting is unknown ;...the dying here Translated to that glorious sphere. 4 Thus star by star declines, Till all are passed away ; As morning high and higher shines, To pure... | |
| Samuel Lunt Caldwell - Baptists - 1876 - 852 pages
...fire, Whose sparks fly upwards to expire. 3 There is a world above, Where parting is unknown ; A whole eternity of love, Formed for the good alone : And faith beholds the dying here Translated to that happier sphere. 4 Thus star by star declines Till all are passed away, As morning high and higher shines... | |
| Caroline Snowden Guild - Hymns - 1877 - 354 pages
...fire, Whose sparks fly upwards to expire. There is a world above, Where parting is unknown ; A whole eternity of love, Formed for the good alone : And faith beholds the dying here Translated to that happier sphere. Thus ftar by ftar declines Till we are pafled away, As morning high and higher fhines... | |
| J. Edward Close - 1877 - 172 pages
...widow is still a member of this church. " There is a world above, Where parting is unknown ; A whole eternity of love Formed for the good alone ; And Faith beholds the dying here Translated to that happier sphere." first wife of Stuart McKissick, now of Albany, NY, was one of the earliest, most earnest... | |
| Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pages
...upward to expire. There is a world above, Where parting is unknown ; A whole eternity of love, Form'd MORIES OF CHILDHOOD 472 MEMORY happier sphere. Thus star by star declines, Till all are pass'd away, As morning high and higher shines.... | |
| Methodist Episcopal Church - Hymns, English - 1878 - 794 pages
...fire, Whose sparks fly upward to expire. 3 There is a world above, Where parting is unknown ; A whole eternity of love, Formed for the good alone : And faith beholds the dying here Translated to that happier sphere. 4 Thus star by star declines, Till all are passed away, As morning high and higher... | |
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