 | Poetic gleanings - Children's poetry - 1827 - 182 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. * A Greenland fishing-befit. HYMN TO THE MOON. 17 Triumphant smiles the victor brow, Fann'd by some... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...How mildly heams the closing eye ! How gently heaves the expiring hreast ! So fades a summer-cloud away : So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; So...shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. Trinmphant smiles the victor's hrow, Faun'd hy some guardian am;el's wing; O grave 1 where is thy victory... | |
 | Alexander Gunn - Clergy - 1829 - 560 pages
...manner. So indeed he went off, as circumstances indicated; and, "So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks a gale when storms are o'er ; So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore." • The next Sabbath, his remains were committed to the house appointed for all living, with suitable... | |
 | Sebastian Streeter, Russell Streeter - Hymns, English - 1829 - 424 pages
...shnde alternate dwell ! A brighter, purer scene appears ; Farewell, inconstant world, farewell ! 6 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 where virtue dies ! HYMN 451. CM [ b ] Death of a Chi 1,1. 1 LIFE... | |
 | Presbyterians - 1831 - 456 pages
...to 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;...its load the spirit flies; While heaven and earth combine to say, How bless'd the righteous when he dies." Yes, "blessed are the dead who die in the... | |
 | Christian worship - 1830 - 482 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,...shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. 3 A holy quiet reigns around ; A calm which nothing can destroy; Nought can disturb that peace profound,... | |
 | Bible - 1830 - 458 pages
...rest, How mildly beams 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,... | |
 | Religion - 1849 - 1188 pages
...rest ! How mildly beam the closing eyes ! How gently heaves th' expiring breast ! So fades a summer's cloud away ; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er...shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. A holy quiet reigns around, — A calm which life nor death destroys ; Nothing disturbs that peace... | |
 | Lowell Mason - Bible - 1831 - 584 pages
...rest : How mildly beams the closing eye ! How gently heaves th' expiring breast! 2 So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er;...gently shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the snore. "rf 3 Triumphant smiles the victor's brow, >• Fanned by some guardian angel's wing : 1 1 1... | |
 | Lowell Mason - Bible - 1831 - 594 pages
...beams the closing eye ! How gently heaves th' expiring breast ! 2 So fades a summer cloud away ; i So sinks the gale when storms are o'er ; So gently...shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. «>f 3 Triumphant smiles the victor's brow, > Fanned by some guardian angel's wing : fit O grave !... | |
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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. 
