 | Sebastian Streeter, Russell Streeter - 1829 - 426 pàgines
...righteous soul to rest ; How mildly beam the closing eyes ! How gently heaves the dying breast ! 8 So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale when...the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. 3 Triumphant smiles the victor's brow, Fanned by some angel's purple wing ; 0 grave, where is thy victory... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pàgines
...How mildly heams the closing eye ! How gently heaves the expiring hreast ! So fades a summer-cloud away : So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; So...shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. Trinmphant smiles the victor's hrow, Faun'd hy some guardian am;el's wing; O grave 1 where is thy victory... | |
 | 1830 - 458 pàgines
...Death. 1 How blessed the righteous when he dies ! When sinks a weary soul to rest, How mildly beams the closing eyes, How gently heaves the expiring breast...reigns around, A calm which life nor death destroys ; Nothing disturbs that peace profound, Whiqh his unfettered soul enjoys. 4 Farewell, conflicting hopes... | |
 | Christian worship - 1830 - 482 pàgines
...dies, When sinks a righteous soul to rest ; How mildly beam the closing eyes ! How gently heaves th' expiring breast ! 2 So fades a summer cloud away,...shore. 3 A holy quiet reigns around ; A calm which nothing can destroy; Nought can disturb that peace profound, Which their unfetter'd souls enjqy. 4... | |
 | 1831 - 456 pàgines
...sinks a weaiy soul to rest, How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves th' expiring breast ! So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when...shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. Life's duty done, as sinks the clay, Light from its load the spirit flies; While heaven and earth combine... | |
 | Lowell Mason - 1831 - 584 pàgines
...Christians die, When holy souls retire to rest : How mildly beams the closing eye ! How gently heaves th' expiring breast! 2 So fades a summer cloud away ;...gently shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the snore. "rf 3 Triumphant smiles the victor's brow, >• Fanned by some guardian angel's wing : 1 1 1... | |
 | 1849 - 1188 pàgines
...him. This thought is thus appropriately and beautifully expressed by a gifted evangelical poetess: " How blest the righteous when he dies, — When sinks...How mildly beam the closing eyes ! How gently heaves th' expiring breast ! So fades a summer's cloud away ; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er ; So... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pàgines
...a righteous soul to rest, How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves th' expiring breast. So fades a summer cloud away So sinks the gale when...shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. Triumphant smiles the victor brow. Fanned by some angel's purple wing; — Where is, O Grave! thy victory... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1832 - 484 pàgines
...Eternal joys ; or, losing those, Interminable wo ! 297The righteous blessed in death. 1 How bless'd the righteous when he dies When sinks a weary soul...gently heaves the' expiring breast ! 2 So fades a summer-cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'e% So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1833 - 358 pàgines
...Christians die, When holy souls retire to rest: How mildly beams the closing eye! How gently heaves th' expiring breast! 2 So fades a summer cloud away; So...the eye of day; So dies a wave along the shore. 3 Triumphant smiles the victor's brow, Fann'd by some guardian angel's wing: O grave! where is thy victory... | |
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HOW blest the righteous when he dies ! When sinks a weary soul to rest, How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves the expiring breast! 2 So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er : So gently shuts the eye of day, So... 
