 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond Nature ! cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. What is this absorbs me 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 !... | |
 | Youth's instructor - 1830 - 542 pages
...eyes are so dim, I cannot see." He said, " My dear, this is what I have often heard you sing, — ' What is this absorbs me quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight?' " "O father," she exclaimed, "I know I am going to heaven." Afterwards, being asked if she was comfortable,... | |
 | Central Universalist Society (Boston, Mass.) - Hymns, English - 1823 - 408 pages
...dying. Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life ! 2 Hark ! they whisper ! angels say, Sister spirit, come away. What is this...draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ?3 The world recedes — it disappears ! — Heaven opens to mine eyes ! mine ears With sounds seraphic... | |
 | Brick Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.) - Presbyterian Church - 1823 - 198 pages
...dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. 2 Hark ! they whisper, angels say, " Sister spirit come away;" What is this...draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? 3 The world recedes, it disappears ! Heav'n opens to my eyes — my ears With sounds seraphic ring... | |
 | West Church (Boston, Mass.) - Bible - 1823 - 376 pages
...dying! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. 2 Hark ! they whisper ! angels say, ' Sister spirit, come away.' What is this...draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? 3 The world recedes ; it disappears. Heaven opens on my eyes ; my ears With sounds seraphic ring.... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...of dying! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife. And let me languish into life. Hark! they whisper ; angels say, Sister spirit, come away. What is this...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 !... | |
 | Hosea Ballou, Edward Turner - Hymns, English - 1824 - 426 pages
...dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life ! 2 Hark ! they whisper ! Angels say, Sister spirit, come away. What is this...draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? 3 The world recedes — it disappears ! — Heaven opens to mine eyes ! mine ears With sounds seraphic... | |
 | Hosea Ballou, Edward Turner - Hymns, English - 1824 - 406 pages
...Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life ! 2 Hark ! they whisper ! Angela say, Sister spirit, come away. What is this absorbs...draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? 3 The world recedes — it disappears ! — Heaven opens to mine eyes ! mine ears With sounds seraphic... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1824 - 80 pages
...dying ! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. II. Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, Sister spirit, come away. What is this...quite ! Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ! Tel) me, my soul, can this be Death ? HI. The world recedes ! it disappears'.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 630 pages
...dying ! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. II. Hark ! they whisper ! Angels say, Sister Spirit, come away ! What is this...quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be Death ? in. The world recedes ; it disappears... | |
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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? 
