...draws my breath 1 Tell me, my soul, can this be death 1 3 The world recedes, it disappears ! Heav'n opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring...fly ! O grave, where is thy victory ! O death, where is thy sting ! m JUDGMENT. HYMN 192. ^ti ty: ', nsing from the bed of death, O erwhdm d with guilt...

...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...can this be death ? The world recedes, it disappears ; Heav'n opens on my eyes—my ears n With sounds seraphic ring ; Lend, lend your wings ! I mount :...

...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...this be death ? The world recedes ; it disappears \ Heav'n opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring : Lend, lend your wings ! I mount ! I...

...Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark! they whisper; angels say, at from their wingsl I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting? Alexander Pope [1688-1744!...

...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...this be death ? The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heav'n opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring ! Lend, lend your wings ! I mount ! I...

...Come, 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...draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death? 10 Rom. viii. 18. The world recedes, it disappears; Heaven opens to my eyes — my ears With sound...

...and scenes which cause emotion, Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life ! The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens on...seraphic ring : Lend, lend your wings ! I mount ! I fly ! 0 Grave ! where is thy victory t 0 Death ! where is thy sting T correspond precisely to the allegretto...

...fond Nature, cease thy strife. And let me languish into life. ii Hark I they whisper ; Angels say, ' Sister Spirit, come away.' What is this absorbs me...draws my breath ? Tell me, my Soul, can this be Death ? in The world recedes : it disappears ! Heav'n opens on my eyes 1 my ears With sounds seraphic ring...

...Death, a similar paraphrase, pub. 1674, before Pope was born. 4 The world recedes; it disappears; Heav'n cunctis affectibus flagrantior est. Lust of power...passions. TACITUS— Annales. XV. 53. 22 I thought tha is thy sting? POPE — The Dying Christian to His Soul. s Vital spark of heavenly flame! Quit, oh quit...

...Spirit, come away ! ' What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death...victory ? O Death, where is thy sting? Alexander Pope. 134 THE DESPONDING SOUL'S WISH: DESIDERIUM Mv spirit longeth for Thee, Within my troubled breast, Although...