VITAL spark of heavenly flame! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame : Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying. Oh 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,... Family Hymns - Page 193by American Tract Society - 1835 - 216 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 480 pages
...spark of heav'nly flame ! Quit, oh quit, this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying.; Oh the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond Nature! cease thy strife, .... f And let me languish into Hie. .IL Hark! they whisper; angels say, ' Sister Spirit, come away.'... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pages
...ODE. VITAL spark of heav'nly flame, Quit, O quit this mortal frame : Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying, O 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 away. What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals... | |
| Herbert Mends - 1801 - 432 pages
...spark of heav'nly flame ! 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 into life. n. Hark ! they' whisper ; angels say, Sister spirit, come away, What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals... | |
| British essayists - 1802 - 330 pages
...are improved. The dying Christian addresses his soul with a fine spirit of poetical enthusiasm. Vital spark of heavenly flame ! Quit, O quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying, O ! the pain, the bliss of dying ! i Hark ; they whisper Angels say, Sister Spirit,... | |
| Abner Kneeland - Theology, Doctrinal - 1804 - 462 pages
...of heav'nly flame \ 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 into life. Hark, they whisper ; Angels sa}% Sister .Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 pages
...spark of heav'nly flame ! 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 into life. i II. Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite ! Steals... | |
| Edward Barry - Conduct of life - 1806 - 244 pages
...spark of heav'nly flame, 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 into life. Hark! they whisper; Angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals my... | |
| Edward Barry - Conduct of life - 1806 - 208 pages
...VITAL (park of heav'nly flame, Quit, oh quit this mortal frame: Trembling, hoping, lingYing, flying, Oh the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark! they whisper; Angela say, Sister Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite? Steals my... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 422 pages
...likewise the striking circumstance of the dying man's imagining he hears a voice calling him away : Vital spark of heavenly flame. Quit, O quit, this mortal frame ; Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying 5 O the pain, the bliss of dying ! Hark ! they whisper ! angels say, Sister spirit,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...die ; Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie. ODE. THE DYING CHRISTIAN TO HIS SOUL. spark of heavenly flame ! Quit, O quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying ; Oh the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature ! cease thy strife, And let me languish into... | |
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