| Reformed Church in America, John Henry Livingston - 1814 - 696 էջ
...sinks a weary 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 eve of day, So dies a wave along the shore. 14 HYMN CLXVII. CLXVIH. B. I1. 3 A holy quiet reigns around,... | |
| 1816 - 802 էջ
...Happy are those who die in the Lord ; they rest from their labours — and their works follow them. " 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." How mysterious to us are the... | |
| 1817 - 710 էջ
...state of blessedness. " Sweet is the scene where Virtue dies. Where sinks a /ighteous soul to resi: How mildly beam the closing eyes ! How gently heaves...the gale, when storms are o'er, So gently shuts the closing day, So dies the ware along the shore. Each duty done — as sinks the clay, Light, from its... | |
| John Evans - 1817 - 610 էջ
...righteous soul to rest ; How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves the expiring breast! Se fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently shuts the closing day, So dies the wave along the shore — Each duty done — as dinks the clay, Light from... | |
| Silvester Palmer - 360 էջ
...RIGHTEOUS. SWEET is the scene when virtue dies, When links the virtuous soul to rest; How mildly beams the closing eyes ! How gently heaves th' expiring...when storms are o'er, So gently shuts the eye of day, Su dies a wave along the shore. Triumphant smiles the victor brow, Fanned by some angel's purple wing;... | |
| William Carus Wilson - 1822 - 516 էջ
...dies ! — When sinks a weary soul to rest, How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves the expiring breast ! So fades a summer cloud away, So...shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. A holy quiet reigns around, A calm which life nor death destroys ; Nothing disturbs that peace profound,... | |
| John Platts - 1822 - 844 էջ
...have resigned themselves to his guidance, to make them partakers in his life and in his glory. — Sweet is the scene when Virtue dies, When sinks a...shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. Triumphant smiles the victor brow, Fann'd by some angel's purple wing: O grave! where is thy vict'ry... | |
| Selection - 1822 - 276 էջ
...righteous soul to rest ; How mildly beam the closing eyes ! How gently heaves the expiring breast 1 2 So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale when...dies a wave along the shore. 3 Triumphant smiles the victor's browv Fanned by some angel's gentle wing : Oh Grave ! where is thy victory now ? Invidious... | |
| West Church (Boston, Mass.) - 1823 - 376 էջ
...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...are o'er, So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies the wave along the shore. 3 Triumphant smiles the victor brow, Fann'd by some angel's heavenly wing... | |
| Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia), Lucy Aikin - 1825 - 440 էջ
...! — When sinks a righteous soul to rest, How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves the' expiring breast ! So fades a summer cloud away ; So...shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. Triumphant smiles the victor brow, Fanned by some angel's purple wing ; — Where is, O Grave ! thy... | |
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