 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...Ix. ver. 6. Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying—- Oh the pain, the bliss 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 absorbs me quite, Steals my senses, shuts... | |
 | Hymns - 1828 - 76 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 he death ? 3. The world recedes; it disappears!... | |
 | Religious poetry - 1828 - 198 pages
...dying! Cease, fond nature! cease thy strife, And let me languish into life ! Z 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... | |
 | Extracts - 1828 - 786 pages
...satisfied, my hopes accomplished, my happiness completed ; for now I come to thee." 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... | |
 | Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 398 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...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... | |
 | 1828 - 134 pages
...mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying, Oh the pain ! — the bliss 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 absorbs me quite, Steals my senses,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Camp meetings - 1830 - 332 pages
...languish into life. 2 Hark ! they whisper ! angels say, Sister spirit, come awayl What is this ahsorhs me quite ? Steals my senses ? shuts my sight? Drowns my spirit? draws my hreath? Tell me, my soul, can this he death? 3 The world recedes, it disappears! Heav'n opens on my... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...mortal frame : Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying — Oh the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond give thee, but the goda must guide. Reverent I touch thee ! but wit whisper : angels say, Sister »pint, come away. What is this absorbs me quite, Steals my senses, shuts... | |
 | Lowell Mason - Bible - 1831 - 594 pages
...Cease, fond nature — cease thy strife, And let me languish into life ! 2 Hark ! — they whisper — angels say, " Sister spirit, come away :" What is...Steals my senses — shuts my sight — Drowns my spirits — draws my tireath ? — Tell me, my soul — can this be death ? 3 The world recedes —... | |
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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 ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death... 
