 | John Platts - 1822 - 844 pages
...rest; . How mildly beam the closing eyes! How gently heaves th' expiring breast! So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er...shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. Triumphant smiles the victor brow, Fann'd by some angel's purple wing: O grave! where is thy vict'ry... | |
 | 1872 - 1200 pages
...certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ." • Life's labour done, as sinks the clay. Light from its load the spirit flies ; While heaven and earth combine to say, 1 How blest the righteous when he dies ! ' " WHC November 9th. — At Leamington, aged... | |
 | West Church (Boston, Mass.) - 1823 - 376 pages
...rest ; How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves th' expiring breast. 2 So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies the wave along the shore. 3 Triumphant smiles the victor brow, Fann'd by some angel's heavenly wing... | |
 | 1883 - 404 pages
...peace with that Saviour whom she had loved so well and served so nobly while on earth. Life's labour done, as sinks the clay, Light from its load the spirit flies; While heaven and earth combine to say, How blest the righteous when he dies ! GHS "E EVER .... NEVER. I. ABOVE. VER gladness,... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia), Lucy Aikin - 1825 - 434 pages
...rest, How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves the' expiring breast ! So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er...shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. Farewell, conflicting joys and fears, Where light and shade alternate dwell ; How bright the' unchanging... | |
 | 1825 - 260 pages
...rest, . 'How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves the' expiring breast ! 2 So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale, when storms are o'er,...shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. 3 A holy quiet reigns around, A calm which life nor death destroys; Nothing disturbs that peace profound,... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1825 - 482 pages
...How miliily beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves the expiring breast ! 2 So fades a summer-cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently...shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. 3 A holy quiet reigns around, A calm which life nor death destroys ; Nothing disturbs that peace profound,... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia), Lucy Aikin - 1825 - 422 pages
...alternate dwell ; How bright the' unchanging morn appears ! Farewell, inconstant world, Farewell ! Its duty done, — as sinks the clay, Light from its load the spirit flies ; While heaven and earth combine to say, " Sweet is the scene when Virtue dies !" HYMNS. HYMN I. JEHOVAH reigns: let every nation... | |
 | 1826 - 938 pages
...How mildly beam the closing eyesl How gently heaves tli' expiring breast 1 So fades a summer-cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; So gently...shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. * Triumphant smiles the victor's brow, Fann'd by some angel's purple wiug : O Grave, where is thy vict'ry... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1826 - 464 pages
...How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves the' expiring breast ! 2 So fades a summer-cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently...shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. 3 A holy quiet reigns around, A calm which life nor death destroys ; Nothing disturbs that peace profound,... | |
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So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; So gently shuts the eye of day; So dies a wave along the shore. 
