 | 1825 - 260 pages
...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...the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. 3 A holy quiet reigns around, A calm which life nor death destroys; Nothing disturbs that peace profound,... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia), Lucy Aikin - 1825 - 422 pages
...righteous soul to rest, How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves the' expiring hreast ! So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when...shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. 316 THE DEATH OF THE VIRTUOUS. Farewell, conflicting joys and fears, Where light and shade alternate... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1825 - 482 pages
...How miliily 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...the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. 3 A holy quiet reigns around, A calm which life nor death destroys ; Nothing disturbs that peace profound,... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1826 - 464 pages
...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...the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. 3 A holy quiet reigns around, A calm which life nor death destroys ; Nothing disturbs that peace profound,... | |
 | 1826 - 938 pages
...How mildly beam the closing eyesl How gently heaves tli' expiring breast 1 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. * Triumphant smiles the victor's brow, Fann'd by some angel's purple wiug : O Grave, where is thy vict'ry... | |
 | Poetic gleanings - 1827 - 182 pages
...Fair blossoms deck the trees, fair flowers adorn the land. THE DEATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS. BY BAHXAHD. SWEET is the scene when Virtue dies, When sinks a...shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. * A Greenland fishing-befit. HYMN TO THE MOON. 17 Triumphant smiles the victor brow, Fann'd by some... | |
 | Sebastian Streeter, Russell Streeter - 1829 - 426 pages
...righteous soul to rest ; How mildly beam the closing eyes ! How gently heaves the dying breast ! 8 So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale when...dies a wave along the shore. 3 Triumphant smiles the victor's brow, Fanned by some angel's purple wing ; 0 grave, where is thy victory now ? Invidious death,... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...How mildly heams the closing eye ! How gently heaves the expiring hreast ! So fades a summer-cloud away : So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; So...shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. Trinmphant smiles the victor's hrow, Faun'd hy some guardian am;el's wing; O grave 1 where is thy victory... | |
 | Alexander Gunn - 1829 - 560 pages
...manner. So indeed he went off, as circumstances indicated; and, "So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks a gale when storms are o'er ; So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore." • The next Sabbath, his remains were committed to the house appointed for all living, with suitable... | |
 | 1831 - 456 pages
...love him, because he first loved us." " How bless'd the righteous when he dies ! When sinks a weaiy soul to rest, How mildly beam the closing eyes, How...shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. Life's duty done, as sinks the clay, Light from its load the spirit flies; While heaven and earth combine... | |
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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. 
