 | Sebastian Streeter, Russell Streeter - Hymns, English - 1829 - 424 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...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 disappears... | |
 | John Adey - Hymns - 1830 - 260 pages
...Cease, fond naturei cease thy strife ; And let me languish into life ! ! Hark ! they whisper ; — angels say, " Sister Spirit, come away!" — What...my breath > Tell me, my soul— can this be death? — 3 The world recedes ! — it disappears! — Heav'n opens on my eyes! — my ears With sounds seraphic... | |
 | Bible - 1830 - 458 pages
...djfing ! Cease, fond nature, ceaseuiy strife, And let me languish into life. * 2 Hark ! they whisper ! angels say, . ' Sister spirit, come away.' What is...draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? m ". 3 The world recedes ; it disappears. » ^ Heaven opens on my eyes ; my eaxe With sounds seraphic... | |
 | Gordon Crosse - Religious poetry, English - 1924 - 288 pages
...of dying. Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark ! they whisper. Angels say : — • ' Sister Spirit, come away !...draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring !... | |
 | Iolo Aneurin Williams - English poetry - 1923 - 528 pages
...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... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - American literature - 1922 - 1920 pages
...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? ia The world recedes ; it disappears... | |
 | Readers - 1925 - 582 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! Heav'n... | |
 | Frank Johnson Metcalf - Church music - 1925 - 436 pages
...i!' absent relatives it will be a consolation to know that be was surrounded by the kindest friends. "What is this absorbs me quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my Dreath, Tell me, my soul, can this be death? Heaven opens on my eyes, my ears With sounds seraphic... | |
 | George Carver - American literature - 1926 - 504 pages
...dying! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, 5 And let me languish into life. Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, Sister spirit, come away. What is this...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... | |
 | Thomas Walsh - Catholic literature - 1927 - 582 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 !... | |
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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? 
