 | Hymns, English - 1834 - 320 pages
...souls retire to rest: How mildly beams the closing eye ! How gently heaves th' 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 dies a wave along the shore. 3 Triumphant smiles the victor's brow, Fanned by some... | |
 | 1834 - 546 pages
...moments he breathed his last. How blest the righteous when he dies! When sinks a weary soul to rest, How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves th' expiring breast! Yes, and that " holy quiet" so sweetly described in the following verse, seemed to rest for weeks after... | |
 | American Tract Society - Hymns, English - 1835 - 224 pages
...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 dies the wave along the shore. 3 A holy quiet reigns around, 4 Farewell, conflicting... | |
 | William Bourn Oliver Peabody - Hymns, English - 1835 - 462 pages
...righteous soul to rest, How mildly beam tbe closing eyes, How gently heaves th' 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 dies a wave along the shore. 3 Triumphant smiles the victor brow, Panned by some angel's... | |
 | William Bourn Oliver Peabody - Hymns, English - 1835 - 390 pages
...Death of the Virtuous. 1 SWEET is the scene when virtue 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 ; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er ; So gently shuts the eye... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Hymns, English - 1836 - 758 pages
...souls retire to rest ! How mildly beams the closing eye ! How gently heaves th' 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 dies a wave along the shore. 3 Farewell, conflicting hopes and fears, Where lights... | |
 | Thomas Hastings - 1836 - 638 pages
...souls retire to rest ; How mildly beams the closing eye ! How gently heaves th' expiring breast ! ex 2 So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er ; So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. cr 3 Triumphant smiles the victor's brow, Fann'd by some... | |
 | Congregational Union of England and Wales - Congregational churches - 1836 - 624 pages
...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 dies a wave along the shore. 3 A holy quiet reigns around, A calm which life nor death... | |
 | Thomas Hastings - Hymns, English - 1836 - 640 pages
...his everlasting rest. fiC\f\ L M.—Repose. Seasons. \J\J\J » Death peaceful and triumphant. AT 2 So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. cr 3 Triumphant smiles the victor's brow, ag O grave! where... | |
 | Religion - 1836 - 400 pages
...soul to rest ; How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves the expiring breast. So fades the summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. Triumphant smiles the victor brow, Fann'd by some angel's... | |
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So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er : So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. 
