 | 1828 - 134 pages
...pain ! — the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark ! they whisper — angels say, " Sister spirit,...quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath I Tell me my soul can this be death '. The world recedes, it disappears, Heav'n... | |
 | Iolo Aneurin Williams - English poetry - 1923 - 524 pages
...the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark ! they whisper ; Angels say, " Sister Spirit,...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 :... | |
 | Gordon Crosse - Religious poetry, English - 1924 - 288 pages
...the pain, the bliss of dying. Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark ! they whisper. Angels say : — • ' Sister...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 !... | |
 | Readers - 1925 - 582 pages
...the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life! Hark ! they whisper ; Angels say, Sister Spirit, come...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,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 424 pages
...the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let lue languish into lite ! Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, Sister spirit, come...Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, cun this lw death ? The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds... | |
 | George Carver - American literature - 1926 - 504 pages
...the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, 5 And let me languish into life. Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, Sister spirit, come...absorbs me quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, 10 Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death? The world recedes; it... | |
 | Thomas Walsh - Catholic literature - 1927 - 582 pages
...the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life! Hark! they whisper; angels say, Sister spirit, come...draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death? The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring; Lend,... | |
 | Edmondstoune Duncan - Ballads, English - 1927 - 634 pages
...senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? O, tell me, Soul, can this be death ? The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens on...my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring ! Lend your wings ! I mount ! I fly ! O Grave ! where is thy victory? O Death ! where is thy sting ? Set by... | |
 | Mark Van Doren - Poetry - 1928 - 1390 pages
...fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark! they whisper; Angels say, Sifter Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite?...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,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1963 - 884 pages
...his De Vita Hadriani, § xxv. Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, 5 And let me languish into life. Hark! they whisper ; Angels say, Sister Spirit, come...absorbs me quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, 10 Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my Soul, can this be Death ? The world recedes; it... | |
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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 spirits, draws my breath? 
