 | New Church gen. confer - 640 pages
...part of man—and on his lines we Kew Church people especially prefer to dwell —viz.:— " There is no death! what seems so is transition; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life Elysian, Whose portal we call death." Finally, let us be careful not to suppress, or ridicule,... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1863 - 604 pages
...of life, with a slight modification of circumstances. In the words of the poet — — — " There is no death; What seems so is transition ; — This life of mortal breath Is but the suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call death."* In another respect, also, it may be remarked,... | |
 | 1851 - 592 pages
...Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but dim, funeral tapers, May be heaven's distant lamps. There Is no death ! what seems so is transition ; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life Elysian, Whose portals we call Death. She is not dead— the child of our affection—... | |
 | Children's literature - 1856 - 1026 pages
...these earthly damps What seem to us but dim, funereal tapers, May be heaven's distant lamps. There is no death ! what seems so is transition ; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call Death. She is not dead — the child of our affection —... | |
 | 322 pages
...Thomas Hood, are in some parts very beautiful. Our readers will thank us for two brief extracts. ' There is no death ! — what seems so is transition ; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call death.'— LONGFELLOW. ' " To part no more " — they home... | |
 | 1860
...!' " And in his presence, never asked in vain, we shall find the antidote for all our grief. "There is no death! What seems so is transition ; This life of mortal breath la hut a suburb of the life Elysian, Whose portal we call Death." But here was another element of sadness,... | |
 | Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Iowa - 1901 - 788 pages
...live on and on until in the anguish of the heart we would plead to be permitted to be at rest. " There is no death ; What seems so is transition: This life of mortal breath 1s but a suburb of the life Elyslan Whose portal we call death." We read of a beautiful custom that... | |
 | History, Modern - 1849 - 620 pages
...these earthly damps What seem to us but dim, funereal tapers, May be heaven's distant lamps. There is no death! what seems so is transition; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life Elysian, Whose portals we call Death. She is not dead — the child of our affection —... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 742 pages
...Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but dim funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps. There is no Death ! what seems so is transition ; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call Death. She is not dead — the child of our affection —... | |
 | 1856 - 1270 pages
...Amid these earthly damps, What seem to us but sad, funeral tapers May be heaven's distant lamps. There is no death ! what seems so is transition ; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life Elysian, Whose portal, we call death. She is not dead, — the child of our affection,... | |
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There is no Death ! What seems so is transition ; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian. Whose portal we call Death. 
