Calm on the bosom of thy God, Fair spirit, rest thee now ! E'en while with us thy footsteps trod, His seal was on thy brow. Dust to its narrow house beneath ! Soul to its place on high ! They that have seen thy look in death, No more may fear to die. Eric; Or, Little by Little - Seite 166von Frederic William Farrar - 1859 - 366 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1841 - 712 Seiten
...with her name, her age, and the date of her death, and with the following lines, from a dirge of her " Calm on the bosom of thy God, Fair spirit, rest thee now : E'en while with us thy footsteps trode, His seal via on thy brow. Dust, to its narrow house beneath... | |
| Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - 1823 - 336 Seiten
...while Grant me to live, my God ! — What pause is this ? HERNANDEZ. VOICES HEARD WITHOUT, CHANTING. Calm on the bosom of thy God, Fair spirit ! rest thee now ! E'en while with ours thy footsteps trod, His seal was on thy brow. Dust, to its narrow house beneath... | |
| 1823 - 622 Seiten
...blessing of a revival, by fervently praying for the Minister, TO THE MEMORY OF A DEAR SABBATH SCHOLAR. "Calm on the bosom of thy God, Fair Spirit ! rest thee now ! E'en while with ours thy footsteps trod. His seal was on thy brow. " Dust, to its narrow house beneath... | |
| William Carus Wilson - 1830
...upon his lifeless cheek, the traces of that sweet surprise, which had so enlivened his dying moment " Calm on the bosom of thy God, Fair spirit ! rest thee now Ev'n while with ours, thy footsteps trod, His seal was on thy brow. Dust, to its narrow house beneath... | |
| 1837 - 634 Seiten
...and appropriate lines are inscribed thereon, from her own solemn effusion, known as the Dirge : — " Calm on the bosom of thy God, Fair spirit ! rest thee now ! E'en while with us thy footsteps trod, His seal was on thy brow. ' , Dust to its narrow home beneath... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1826 - 502 Seiten
...Look on each other in their brooding wrath, Silent, and face to face. VOICES HEARD WITHOUT, CHANTING. Calm on the bosom of thy God, Fair spirit ! rest thee now ! E'en while with ours thy footsteps trod, His seal was on thy brow. Dust, to its narrow house beneath... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1826 - 502 Seiten
...Look on each other in their brooding wrath, Silent, and face to face. VOICES HEARD WITHOUT, CHANTING. Calm on the bosom of thy God, Fair spirit! rest thee now ! E'en while with ours thy footsteps trod, His seal was on thy brow. Dust, to its narrow house beneath... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1827 - 312 Seiten
...Look on each other in their brooding wrath, Silent, and face to face. VOICES HEARD WITHOUT, CHANTING. Calm on the bosom of thy God, Fair spirit ! rest thee now ! E'en while with ours thy footsteps trod, His seal was on thy brow. Dust, to its narrow house beneath... | |
| 1828 - 814 Seiten
...thee all of life's happiness, And for myself an early grave! Miss LE London. DEATH OF A CHRISTIAN. Calm on the bosom of thy God, Fair spirit ! rest thee now ! Ere while with ours thy footsteps trod, His seal was on thy brow. Dust to its narrow house beneath... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 234 Seiten
...Look on each other in their brooding wrath, Silent, and face to face. VOICES HEARD WITHOUT, CHANTING. Calm on the bosom of thy God, Fair spirit ! rest thee now! E'en while with ours thy footsteps trodj His seal was on thy brow. Dust, to its narrow house beneath... | |
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