| Missions - 1841 - 712 pages
...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... | |
| 1823 - 622 pages
...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 thee now ! E'en while with ours thy footsteps trod. His seal was on thy brow. " Dust, to its narrow house beneath... | |
| Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - English drama - 1823 - 336 pages
...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 now ! E'en while with ours thy footsteps trod, His seal was on thy brow. Dust, to its narrow house beneath... | |
| 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 ! Soul, to its... | |
| 1837 - 634 pages
...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... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1826 - 502 pages
...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 trod, His seal was on thy brow. Dust, to its narrow house beneath... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1826 - 502 pages
...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 trod, His seal was on thy brow. Dust, to its narrow house beneath... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1827 - 312 pages
...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 trod, His seal was on thy brow. Dust, to its narrow house beneath... | |
| English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...thee all of life's happiness, And for myself an early grave! 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 thy brow. Dust to its narrow house beneath... | |
| Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 398 pages
...whilst on thy name we call, Oar life, our strength, our joy, our 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 thy brow' Dust to its narrow house beneath... | |
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