 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - Poetry - 2007 - 778 pages
...languish into life. THE CYCLES Hark! they whisper; Angels say, OF LIFE Sister Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath? Tell me, my Soul, can this be Death? The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven... | |
 | Sidonie A. Smith, Julia Watson, Sidonie Smith - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 473 pages
...loved to repeat to myself the words, — Hark! they whisper: angels say, "Sister spirit, come away!"— The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring. A hymn that I learned a little later expressed to me the same satisfying thought: — For strangers... | |
 | Balfour Stewart, Peter Guthrie Tait - Religion - 2007 - 289 pages
...come away 1" What is this absorbs me quite ; Steals my senses, shuts my sight ; Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be — death ? The world recedes ! it disappears I Heaven opens to my eyes ! — my ears With sounds seraphic ring : Lend, lend your wings ! I mount... | |
 | Rick James - Religion - 2009
...strife, And let me languish into life! Hark! they whisper; Angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath? Tell me, my Soul! can this be Death? As the poem doesn't make me nauseated,... | |
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The world recedes: it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy Victory? O Death! where is thy Sting. 
