 When the passing-bell doth toll, And the furies in a shoal Come to fright a parting soul, Sweet Spirit, comfort me! When the tapers now burn blue, And the comforters are few, And that number more than true, Sweet Spirit, comfort me!  Lives of Sacred Poets - Sida 176efter Robert Aris Willmott - 1834 - 363 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | William Allingham - 1873 - 764 sidor
...here peeps out evidence that it is mainly the poet's fancy that is engaged. This is quaintly natural : When the priest his last hath pray'd, And I nod to what is said, 'Cause my speech is now decay'd, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! but this runs into the comic : When the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 584 sidor
...to kill,— Sweet Spirit, comfort me! When the passing bell doth toll, And the Furies, in a shoal, Come to fright a parting soul, Sweet Spirit, comfort...Spirit, comfort me! When the priest his last hath prayed, And I nod to what is said, Because my speech is now decayed, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When,... | |
 | 1874 - 686 sidor
...comfort me. When God knows I'm tossed about, Either with despair or doubt, Yet before the glass be out, Sweet Spirit, comfort me. When the tapers now burn...more than true, Sweet Spirit, comfort me. When the tempter me pursueth With the sins of all my youth, And half damns me with untruth, Sweet Spirit, comfort... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 sidor
...few, And that number more than true, Sweet Spirit, comfort me! When the priest his last hath prayed, And I nod to what is said, Because my speech is now decayed, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When, God knows, I'm tost about Either with despair or doubt, Yet... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 sidor
...to kill, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! '20 When the passing-bell doth toll, And the furies in a shoal Come to fright a parting soul, Sweet Spirit, comfort...Spirit, comfort me ! When the priest his last hath prayed, And I nod to what is said, 30 'Cause my speech is now decayed. Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When,... | |
 | Rosaline Orme Masson - 1876 - 454 sidor
...but to kill, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When the passing bell doth toll, And the furies in a shoal Come to fright a parting soul, Sweet Spirit, comfort...Spirit, comfort me ! When the priest his last hath prayed, And I nod to what is said, 'Cause my speech is now decayed, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 sidor
...kill, — • Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When the passing-bell doth toll, And the Furies, in a shoal, Come to fright a parting soul, Sweet Spirit, comfort...Spirit, comfort me ! When the priest his last hath prayed, And I nod to what is said Because my speech is now decayed, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When,... | |
 | Rosaline Orme Masson - 1876 - 454 sidor
...but to kill, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When the passing bell doth toll, And the furies in a shoal Come to fright a parting soul, Sweet Spirit, comfort...Spirit, comfort me ! When the priest his last hath prayed, And I nod to what is said, 'Cause my speech is now decayed, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When,... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1877 - 244 sidor
...but to kill, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When the passing-bell doth toll, And the furies in a shoal Come to fright a parting soul, Sweet Spirit, comfort...priest his last hath pray'd, And I nod to what is said, 'Cause my speech is now decay'd, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When, God knows, I'm tost about Either... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1877 - 240 sidor
...but to kill, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When the passing-bell doth toll, And the furies in a shoal Come to fright a parting soul, Sweet Spirit, comfort...priest his last hath pray'd, And I nod to what is said, 'Cause my speech is now decay'd, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When, God knows, I'm tost about Either... | |
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