 | Samuel Adams Devens - East (U.S.) - 1838 - 230 pages
...sinks a weary soul to rest, How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves the expiring breast! So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when...shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. The following extracts from a letter dated ' Santa Cruz, February 18th, 1 838, ' has been put into... | |
 | William Cutter Hanscom - Sermons, American - 1838 - 218 pages
...from its frail tenement, " Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his." " So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale,...shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. A holy quiet reigns around, A calm which nothing can destroy ; Nought can disturb that peace profound,... | |
 | Samuel Adams Devens - History - 1838 - 228 pages
...the closing eyes, How gently heaves the expiring breast! So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks tb« gale when storms are o'er, So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. The following extract from a letter dated ' Santa Cruz, February 18th, 1838,'has been put into my hands,... | |
 | Thomas Hastings - Hymns, English - 1839 - 634 pages
...606. LM—Repose. Seasons. Death peaceful and triumphant. d 1 SWEET is the scene where Christians die ex 2 So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale...the shore. cr 3 Triumphant smiles the victor's brow, ag O grave ! where is thy victory now? Fann'd by some guardian angel's wing; And where, O death ! is... | |
 | Emily Taylor - American poetry - 1839 - 306 pages
...a righteous soul to rest, How mildly beam the closing eyes ! How gently heaves the expiring breast! So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when...shuts the eye of day; So dies a wave along the shore. Triumphant smiles the victor brow, Fann'd by some angel's purple wing : Where is, 0 Grave! thy victory... | |
 | Emily Taylor - American poetry - 1839 - 304 pages
...a righteous soul to rest, How mildly beam the closing eyes! How gently heaves the expiring breast! So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when...shuts the eye of day; So dies a wave along the shore. Triumphant smiles the victor brow, Fann'd by some angel's purple wing: Where is, O Grave! thy victory... | |
 | Isaac Watts, Samuel Worcester, Samuel Melancthon Worcester - Bible - 1839 - 780 pages
...holy souls retire to rest! How mildly beams the closing eye ! How gently heaves th' expiring breast! 2 So fades a summer cloud away : So sinks the gale when storms are o'er: So fremly shuts the eye of day: So dies a wave along the shore. 3 Farewell, conflicting hopes and fears,... | |
 | Andrew Preston Peabody - Hymns, English - 1840 - 184 pages
...sinks a weary soul to rest, How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves th' expiring breast ! 2 So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale...shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. 3 A holy quiet reigns around, A calm, which life nor death destroys ; And nought disturbs that peace... | |
 | Isaac Watts, Samuel Worcester, Samuel Melancthon Worcester - Bible - 1840 - 762 pages
...holy souls retire to rest ! How mildly beams the closing eye ! How gently heaves th' expiring breast ! 2 So fades a summer cloud away : ; So sinks the gale...shuts 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'... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - Hymns, English - 1840 - 760 pages
...a weary soul to rest ! How mildly beam the closing eyes ! How gently heaves the' expiring breast ! 2 So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale...shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. 3 A holy quiet reigns around, — A calm which life nor death destroys; And naught disturbs that peace... | |
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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. 
