 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 pages
...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... | |
 | 1822 - 284 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | Selection - 1822 - 276 pages
...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,...quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath ? — Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? 3 The world recedes ; it disappears... | |
 | Allen Fisk - 1822 - 192 pages
...'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...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... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...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...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: Lend,... | |
 | West Church (Boston, Mass.) - 1823 - 376 pages
...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,...quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? 3 The world recedes ; it disappears.... | |
 | Central Universalist Society (Boston, Mass.) - 1823 - 400 pages
...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...quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? 3 The world recedes — it disappears... | |
 | Brick Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.) - 1823 - 198 pages
...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...quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight ? Drowns my spirit, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? 3 The world recedes, it disappears... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 630 pages
...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 ? in. The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 634 pages
...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 ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring... | |
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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? 
