 | 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 : Soul, to its... | |
 | 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...thy look in death, No more may fear to die. ELMINA (to GONZALEZ). It is the death-hymn o'er thy daughter's bier ! — But I am calm, and e'en like gentle... | |
 | 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...narrow house beneath ! Soul, to its place on high 1 They who have seen thy look in death, No more may fear to die 1" MRS. HEMANS. His love was for these... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1830
...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...seen thy look in death, No more may fear to die." May we not then, with the apostle, triumphantly exclaim : " O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where... | |
 | 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 ? Soul to its... | |
 | 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...thy look in death, No more may fear to die. ELMINA (to GONZALEZ,). It is the death-hymn o'er thy daughter's bier ! — But I am calm, and e'en like gentle... | |
 | 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...thy look in death, No more may fear to die. ELMINA (to GONZALEZ^. It is the death-hymn o'er thy daughter's bier ! —But I am calm, and e'en like gentle... | |
 | 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...thy look in death, No more may fear to die. ELMINA (to GONZALEZ). It is the death- hymn o'er thy daughter's bier ! — But I am calm, and e'en like gentle... | |
 | 1828 - 814 Seiten
...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...have seen thy look in death, No more may fear to die. Mrs Hernans. OH ! BANQUET NOT. Oh ! banquet not in these shining bowers, Where youth resorts — but... | |
 | 1828 - 398 Seiten
...all ! WOTTOX. DEATH OF A CHRISTIAN. CALM on the bosom of thy God, Fair spirit ! rest thee now ! E'er while with ours thy footsteps trod, His seal was on...have seen thy look in death, No more may fear to die. MRS. HEMANS. THE PLACE OF REST. THERE is an hour of peaceful rest To mourning wanderers given ; There... | |
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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. 
