 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.  Notes and Queries - Sida 3841910Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1841 - 712 sidor
...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 sidor
...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...have seen 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... | |
 | 1823 - 622 sidor
...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... | |
 | 1837 - 634 sidor
...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1826 - 502 sidor
...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...have seen 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... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1826 - 502 sidor
...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...have seen 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... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1827 - 312 sidor
...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...have seen 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... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 230 sidor
...on each other in their brooding wrath. Silent, and face to face. VOICES HEARD WITHOUT, CHAKTIKUCalm on the bosom of thy God, Fair spirit ! rest thee now...house beneath ! Soul, to its place on high ! They ihat have seen thy look in death, No more may fear to die. Elmina(to GONZALEZ). It is the death-hymn... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 234 sidor
...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 ! Soul, to its place on high ! They... | |
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