 When the passing-bell doth toll, And the furies in a shoal Come to fright a parting soul, Sweet Spirit, comfort me! When the tapers now burn blue, And the comforters are few, And that number more than true, Sweet Spirit, comfort me!  Lives of Sacred Poets - Page 176by Robert Aris Willmott - 1834 - 363 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - Christian poetry, English - 1889 - 394 pages
...but to kill ; Sweet Spirit comfort me ! When the passing-bell doth toll, And the Furies in a shoal Come to fright a parting soul ; Sweet Spirit comfort...When the tapers now burn blue, And the comforters are lew, And that number more than true ; Sweet Spirit comfort me ! When the Priest his last hath pray'd,... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1890 - 396 pages
...but to kill ; Sweet Spirit comfort me ! When the passing-bell doth toll, And the Furies in a shoal Come to fright a parting soul ; Sweet Spirit comfort...Priest his last hath pray'd, And I nod to what is said, 'Cause my speech is now decay'd ; Sweet Spirit comfort me ! When (Goo knows) I'm toss'd about, Either... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1890 - 976 pages
...to kill — Sweet Spirit, comfort me I When the passing-bell doth toll, And the Furies, in a shoal, Come to fright a parting soul, Sweet Spirit, comfort...Spirit, comfort me! When the priest his last hath prayed, And I nod to what, is said Because my speech is now decayed, Sweet Spirit, comfort me 1 When,... | |
 | Christina Catherine Fraser-Tytler - Prayers - 1890 - 184 pages
...Sweet Spirit, comfort me. When the passing bell doth toll, And the furies in a shoal, Come to fright my parting soul, Sweet Spirit, comfort me. When the tapers...number more than true, Sweet Spirit, comfort me. When God knows I'm tossed about, Either with despair or doubt, Yet before the glass is out, Sweet Spirit,... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - English literature - 1890 - 370 pages
...watch do keep, Sweet Spirit, comfort me I " When the passing bell doth toll, And the furies in a shoal Come, to fright a parting soul, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! "When the judgment is reveal'd, And that opened which was seal'd ; When to thee I have appeal' d, Sweet Spirit,... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1891 - 378 pages
...but to kill ; Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When the passing bell doth toll, And the furies in a shoal Come to fright a parting soul, Sweet Spirit, comfort...Spirit, comfort me ! When the priest his last hath prayed, And I nod to what is said, 'Cause my speech is now decayed, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When,... | |
 | George Saintsbury - English poetry - 1892 - 362 pages
...but to kill ; Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When the passing-bell doth toll, And the furies in a shoal Come to fright a parting soul ; Sweet Spirit, comfort...Spirit, comfort me ! When the priest his last hath prayed, And I nod to what is said, 'Cause my speech is now decayed ; Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When... | |
 | Charles John Abbey - English poetry - 1892 - 460 pages
...comfort me ! When his potion and his pill Has, or none, or little skill, Meet for nothing but to kill, Sweet Spirit, comfort me! When the tapers now burn...the comforters are few, And that number more than 1 true, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When the priest his last hath pray'd, And I nod to what is said,... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1893 - 576 pages
...fir. An oak I would have liked, but this is best for the place." XIII. TO THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW. " When the tapers now burn blue, And the comforters...number more than true, Sweet Spirit, comfort me." — HERRICK. " La bonta infmita ha s, gran braccia, Che prende cio che si rivolve a lei." — DANTE,... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1893 - 560 pages
...fir. An oak I would have liked, but this is best for the place." XIH. TO THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW. " When the tapers now burn blue, And the comforters...that number more than true, Sweet Spirit, comfort 1nc." — HERRICK. " La bonta infinita ha si gran braccia, Che prende cio che si rivolve a lei." —... | |
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