 The Dying Christian to his Soul: Ode Vital spark of heav'nly flame! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame: Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying. Oh the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark! they...  The Works of Alexander Pope Esq - Page 190by Alexander Pope - 1751Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1756 - 724 pages
...fpeechlefs dying, Methinks I hear lome gentle fpirit (ay, Be not fearful, conic away." Pope (ays, " Vital fpark of heav'nly flame, Quit, oh quit this mortal frame : Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, fty.nj, Oh the pain, the blifs of dying! Hark ! they whifper ; angels fay, Sifter ipirit, come away."... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 304 pages
...the verfes of Adrian, but the fine fragment of Sappho, &c. t The The dying Chriftian to his SOU L, ODE. I. Vital fpark of heav'nly flame ! Quit, oh quit...Nature, ceafe thy ftrife, And let me languifh into life. n. Hark! theywhifper; Angels fay, Sifter Spirit, come away ! What is this abfocbs me quite, Steals... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 236 pages
...Author, written at about twelve years old. P. Voi. I. G Th« The dying Chrifiian to his SOUL. OD E»; t VITAL fpark of heav'nly flame ! Quit, oh quit this...ceafe thy ftrife, £ And let me languifh into life. n. Hark ! they whifper ; Angels fay. Sifter Spirit, come away. What is this abforbs me quite ? Steals... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 428 pages
...not only the verfes of Adrian, but the fine fragment of Sappho, &c. The dying Chriftian to his SOU L. ODE. I. Vital fpark of heav'nly flame ! Quit, oh quit...the blifs of dying ! Ceafe, fond Nature, ceafe thy llrife. And let me languiih into life. John Dennis, whom, I tl venged upon, as the Sun on thofe bats... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 306 pages
...verfes of Adrian, but the fine fragment of Sappho, &c. : . , The dying Chriftian to his SOUL. ODE. I. i. Vital fpark of heav'nly flame ! Quit, oh quit this...ling'ring, flying, » Oh the pain, the blifs of dying ! Ceafp, fond Nature, ceafe thy ftrife, And let me Janguifh into life. ' • tm II. Hark h they whifper... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1752 - 398 pages
...world, and not a ftone .0 Tell where I lie. '3$ The dying Chriftian to his S ou L. OD E•. I. T 7 IT AL fpark of heav'nly flame : * Quit, oh quit this mortal...blifs of dying ! Ceafe, fond Nature, ceafe thy ftrife, j And let me languilh into life. II, Hark ! they whifper ; Angels fay, Sifter Spirit, come away. What... | |
 | Theophilus Cibber - Poets, English - 1753 - 406 pages
...occaAon Pope's beautiful foliloquy of the dying Chriftian to his foul. The dying CHRISTIAN to his Soul. I. Vital fpark of heav'nly flame ! Quit, oh quit this...hoping, lingr'ing, flying ; Oh the pain, the blifs L . dying ' Ceafe, fond nature, ceafe thy ftrife, And let me languifh into life. •" ' VOL, IV. N4.... | |
 | Seraph - Hymns, English - 1754 - 294 pages
...let all being raife, All nature's incenfe rife. The dying CHRIST1 AN tt hit SOUtr. OD E. By thtfamt. I. VITAL fpark of heav'nly flame * Quit, oh quit this...dying ! Ceafe, fond nature, ceafe thy ftrife, And let we languifh into life. II. Hark ! they whifper ; angels fay, Sifter fpirit, come away, What is this... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 264 pages
...old. . .' . , * • G 4 The dying Chriftian to his So u L , ODE, i. And let me languifh into life. 3 VITAL fpark of heav'nly flame : Quit, oh quit this...blifs of dying ! Ceafe, fond Nature, ceafe thy ftrife, * IT. Hark! theywhifper; Angels fay, What is this abforbs me quite ? Sifter Spirit, come away. Steals... | |
 | Biography - 1761 - 544 pages
...do, but have already done the an, but the fine fragment of Sappho." The Dying Chriftian to his Soul. ODE. I. Vital fpark of heav'nly flame : ' »- Quit,...let me languifh into life. II. Hark ! they whifper ; Angel* fay, Sifter Spirit, come away. What is this abforbs me quite ? Steals my fenfes, fhuts my... | |
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