 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - 2000 - 514 Seiten
...where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? Ode: The Dying Christian to his Soul ALEXANDER POPE Vital spark of heavenly flame! Quit, oh quit this...quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath? Tell me, my soul, can this be death? The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven... | |
 | Paul Negri - 2001 - 70 Seiten
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 | Karen B. Westerfield Tucker - 2001 - 368 Seiten
...Vital spark of heavenly 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. An expanded version of "The Dying Christian" (utilizing the language of i Corinthians 15:54-55) was... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 2004 - 428 Seiten
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 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - 778 Seiten
...shall be no more; Death, thou shall die. JOHN DONNE ENGLISH (1572-1631) The Dying Christian to His Soul Vital spark of heavenly flame! Quit, oh quit this...Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. THE CYCLES Hark! they whisper; Angels say, OF LIFE Sister Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me... | |
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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 ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? The world recedes; it disappears! 
