 | Lindley Murray - 1996 - 876 lehte
...VITAL spark of heav'nly flame ! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame : Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying, Oh the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond nature,...draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heav'n opens on my eyes ! iny oars With sounds seraphic ring:... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - 2000 - 514 lehte
...Vital spark of heavenly flame! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame: Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, Oh the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond nature,...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: Lend,... | |
 | 1984 - 266 lehte
...his eyes and slumbers, then opens them again; and if he be a Christian, I can fancy that he will say: Hark! they whisper: angels say, Sister spirit, come...quite— Steals my senses— shuts my sight— Drowns my spirit— draws my breath? Tell me, my soul, can this be death? We know not when he is dying. One gentle... | |
 | Karen B. Westerfield Tucker - 2001 - 368 lehte
...Vital spark of heavenly flame, Quit, O quit this mortal frame; Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying, O the pain, the bliss of dying. Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. An expanded version of "The Dying Christian" (utilizing the language of i Corinthians 15:54-55) was... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - 778 lehte
...Vital spark of heavenly flame! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame: Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, Oh the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. THE CYCLES Hark! they whisper; Angels say, OF LIFE Sister Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me... | |
 | 136 lehte
...spark of heavenly flame, Quit, oh, quit this mortal frame! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flyingOh, the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond nature,...quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my Spirit, draws my breath! Tell me, my Soul! can this be death? The world recedes - it disappears; Heaven... | |
 | Rick James - 2009
...Vital spark of heav'nly flame, Quit, oh, quit, this mortal frame! Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying, Oh, the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond Nature,...draws my breath? Tell me, my Soul! can this be Death? As the poem doesn't make me nauseated, psychotic or depressed, we can safely assume that the author... | |
 | Balfour Stewart, Peter Guthrie Tait - 2007 - 289 lehte
...quit this mortal frame I Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying ' Oh, the pain, the bliss of dying I Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife. And let me languish...whisper — -angels say, " Sister spirit, come away 1" What is this absorbs me quite ; Steals my senses, shuts my sight ; Drowns my spirits, draws my breath... | |
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The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring ! Lend, lend your wings ! I mount ! I fly ! O grave, where is thy victory ? O death, where is thy sting... 
