 | Extracts - 1828 - 786 lehte
...longings shall be satisfied, my hopes accomplished, my happiness completed ; for now I come to thee." Hark ! they whisper : angels say, Sister spirit, come...draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? The world recedes—it disappears ! Heav'n opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring !... | |
 | George Carver - 1926 - 502 lehte
...hoping, lingering, flying — Oh the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, 5 And let me languish into life. Hark ! they whisper...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 - 1927 - 582 lehte
...spark of heavenly flame ! Quit, O quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, O 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 my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring; Lend,... | |
 | Edmondstoune Duncan - 1927 - 634 lehte
...hoping, lingering, flying, Oh the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, Let me languish into life. Hark ! they whisper ; angels...Spirit, come away ! What is this absorbs me quite ? That steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? O, tell me, Soul, can... | |
 | Mark Van Doren - 1928 - 1390 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,...languish into life. Hark! they whisper; Angels say, Sifter Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight. Drowns my... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 lehte
...Hadrian by Aelius Spartianus in his De Vita Hadriani, § xxv. Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, 5 And let me languish into life. Hark! they whisper...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... | |
 | 1857 - 398 lehte
...spark of heavenly 11 ime, Quit, oh quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, * Oh the pain — the bliss — of dying ! Cease, fond...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... | |
 | 1901 - 502 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,... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - 1993 - 422 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,... | |
 | Glenn C. Wilcox - 1993 - 366 lehte
...say, Sister spirit, come Li' e — i -pHark ! they whisper ; angels say, Sister spirit, come away ; Sister spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite— Steals my senses, shuts my sight ' H6IZL —6 1 JO; -PP-P 184 nws my breath, Tell me, my soul, con thii be death T :|; Soft. __ /^ ~*... | |
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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... 
