 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 396 ページ
...pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife. And let me languish into life. II. Hark! they whisper; Angels say, Sister Spirit, come...draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be Death ? III. The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heav'n opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 426 ページ
...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, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. II. Hark ! they whisper ; Angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 ページ
...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, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. II. Hark ! they whisper ; Angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals... | |
 | Selection - 1822 - 276 ページ
...of heavenly flame, T Quit, O, quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying ; O, the pain, the bliss of 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 absorbs me quite, Steals... | |
 | 1822 - 284 ページ
...of heavenly flame ! Quit, O 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. What is this absorbs me quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath?... | |
 | 1824 - 920 ページ
...anxious tone, he bfgan to inquire : "•What is this absorbs me quite ; Steals ray senses, shuts ray sight ; Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ?" During the evening of this ever memorable day, though his bodily suffering was great, Ma. LLOYD... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 392 ページ
...spark of heavenly flame! Quit, oh <|uit this mortal frame; Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying, Oh the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me lanuish into life. Hark! they whisper; Angels say, Sister Spirit, come away ! What is this absorbs... | |
 | Allen Fisk - 1822 - 192 ページ
...mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying; Oh the pain, the bliss of 'lying Î Cease, loud nature ! cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark ! they wisper ; angels say, Sister spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite, Steals my senses, shuts... | |
 | Youth's instructor - 1830 - 542 ページ
...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,... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 ページ
...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, cease...can this be Death ? The world recedes; it disappears ! Heav'n opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings ! I mount! I fly... | |
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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 spirit, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul ; can this be death ? The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens... 
