 | Francis William Pitt Greenwood - Hymns - 1834 - 556 pages
...sinks a weary soul to rest, How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves the expiring breast! Z So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when...reigns around, A calm which life nor death destroys; Nothing disturbs that peace profound, Which his unfettered soul enjoys. 4 Farewell, conflicting hopes... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1834 - 320 pages
...is the scene when Christians die, When holy souls retire to rest: How mildly beams the closing eye ! How gently heaves th' expiring breast ! 2 So fades...the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. 3 Triumphant smiles the victor's brow, Fanned by some guardian angel's wing : O grave ! where is thy... | |
 | Isaac Watts, Samuel Worcester, Samuel Melancthon Worcester - Bible - 1834 - 760 pages
...the righteous when they die, Jl When holy souls retire to rest ! How mildly beams the closing eye ! How gently heaves th' expiring breast ! 2 So fades...the eye of day : So dies a wave along the shore. 3 Farewell, conflicting hopes and fears, Where lights and shades alternate dwell ! s How bright th' unchanging... | |
 | Lowell Mason - Bible - 1834 - 582 pages
...is the scene when Christians die, When holy souls retire to rest: How mildly ueams, the closing eye! How gently heaves th' expiring breast! 2 So fades...shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. mf 3 Triumphant smiles the victor's brow, > Fanned by some gnardian angel's wing : f l' O grave ! where... | |
 | Lowell Mason - Bible - 1834 - 590 pages
...holy souls retire to rest: How mildly beams the closing eye! How gently heaves th' expiring hreast! 2 So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale...shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. ™f 3 Triumphant smiles the victor's brow, >• Fanned by some guardian angel's wing: f ' ' O grave... | |
 | 1834 - 546 pages
...and here his voice failed, he closed his eyes, and in a few moments he breathed his last. How blest the righteous when he dies! When sinks a weary soul...closing eyes, How gently heaves th' expiring breast! Yes, and that " holy quiet" so sweetly described in the following verse, seemed to rest for weeks after... | |
 | Thomas Russell - Bible - 1834 - 612 pages
...life of glory, Suffer, with thy Lord to reign. 474. LM— The Righteous blessed in Death. 1 HOW blest the righteous when he dies! When sinks a weary soul...How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves the' expiring breast! 2 So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently... | |
 | Lewis Glover Pray - Children's poetry - 1834 - 118 pages
...day they know, Is their last, which leads them home. 105. Death. L. sr. Wells. Rothwell. 1 How blest the righteous, when he dies ! When sinks a weary soul...How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves the expiring breast! 2 So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently... | |
 | William Bourn Oliver Peabody - Hymns, English - 1835 - 390 pages
...Doddridge. 202. LM The Death of the Virtuous. 1 SWEET is the scene when virtue dies ! When sinks a righteous soul to rest, How mildly beam the closing eyes, How...the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. 3 Triumphant smiles the victor brow, Fanned by some angel's radiant wing ; Where is, oh grave ! thy victory... | |
 | William Bourn Oliver Peabody - Hymns, English - 1835 - 462 pages
...Virtuous. 1 SWEET is the scene when virtue dies ! When sinks a righteous soul to rest, How mildly beam tbe closing eyes, How gently heaves th' expiring breast...the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. 3 Triumphant smiles the victor brow, Panned by some angel's radiant wing ; Where is, oh grave ! thy victory... | |
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So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. 
