 Hark, they whisper ; angels say, " Sister spirit, come away ! " What is this absorbs me quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul ; can this be death...  The Works of Alexander Pope - Sivu 259tekijä(t) Alexander Pope - 1822Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1895 - 654 sivua
...learn war any more." Or, read the second stanza of the ode in imitation of Hadrian's famous sonnet — Hark ! they whisper : Angels say, Sister spirit, come...quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath ? Tell me, my Soul, can this be death ? and then read the corresponding stanza... | |
 | 1895 - 402 sivua
...pain, the bliss of dying! oh, Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife And let me languish into life. " Hark! they whisper; angels say — ' Sister spirit,...quite — Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath? Tell me, my soul, can this be death? " The world recedes — it disappears,... | |
 | Philip Williams, Celestine Sullivan - 1896 - 458 sivua
...thoughts. Mnrlt. To know my deed, 'twas best not know myself. From The Dying Christian to His Soul. Hark ! they whisper: angels say, Sister spirit come...absorbs me quite. Steals my senses, shuts my sight, I)rowns my spirits, draws my breath? Tell me, my soul, can this lie death? From The Hidden Gem. liikul'ui.... | |
 | William Ernest Henley - 1897 - 438 sivua
...the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark, they whisper ! Angels say : — ' Sister spirit,...quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? The world recedes ; it disappears !... | |
 | Robert McLean Cumnock - 1898 - 614 sivua
...the pain—the bliss of dying! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life! Hark! they whisper: angels say, "Sister spirit, come...quite,— Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath?— Tell me, my soul! can this be death? The world recedes—it disappears;... | |
 | John Alexander Roche - 1898 - 380 sivua
...the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. "Hark! they whisper: angels say, 'Sister spirit, come...quite — Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath? — Tell me, my soul, can this be death? "The world recedes — it disappears;... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Minnie K. Davis - 1899 - 768 sivua
...the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease,fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life ! Hark ! they whisper ! angels say : Sister spirit,...quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? The world recedes ; it disappears ;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1899 - 1144 sivua
...cradled me, The lands I was to travel in. Or the death I was to dee." THE BALLAD OF MARIE HAMILTON. ' Hark, they whisper : angels say ' Sister spirit, come...quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath f Tell me, my soul, can this be death f" — POPE. HENRY THE EIGHTH, KING OF... | |
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1899 - 386 sivua
...This device is used most frequently in poetry. A well-known instance occurs in Pope's lines : — ' What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath ? ' Bulwer's sentence is very effective : ' She gained the door, applied the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1899 - 542 sivua
...dee." THE BALLAD OF MARIE HAMILTON. ' ' Hark, they whisper : angels say ' Sister spirit, come away I ' What is this absorbs me quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath f Tell me, my soul, can this be death?" — POPE. HENRY THE EIGHTH, KING OF... | |
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