 The eclipse of Nature spreads my pall, The majesty of Darkness shall Receive my parting ghost! "This spirit shall return to Him Who gave its heavenly spark: Yet think not, Sun, it shall be dim When thou thyself art dark ! No! it shall live again, and...  Time's Telescope - Page cxi1826Full view - About this book
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1854 - 746 pages
...Darkness shall Keceive my parting ghost ! ' ' This spirit shall return to HIM Who gave its heaven] v spark ; Yet think not, Sun, it shall be dim When thou...again, and shine In bliss unknown to beams of thine; By Hi M recalled to breath, Who captive led Captivity, Who robbed the grave of Victory, And took the sting... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 396 pages
...of Darkness shall Receive my parting ghost ! This spirit shall return to Him Who gave its heavenly spark; Yet think not, Sun, it shall be dim When thou...again, and shine In bliss unknown to beams of thine, By Trim recalled to breath, Who captive led captivity, Who robbed the grave of Victory, — And took the... | |
 | Clara Corfield - 1874 - 396 pages
...gentle, hopeful words, instead of cries and sobs ; but they have been armed with the strength of Him who ' Robbed the Grave of victory, And took the sting from Death.' And of Him Atahuallpa had scarcely heard ! Was it any marvel, then, that the strong man ground his... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...ghost!" This spirit shall return to Him Who gave its heavenly spnrk ; Yet think not, sun, it shall bo dim, When thou thyself art dark ! No ! it shall live...took the sting from death. Go, sun, while mercy holds mo up On Nature's awful waste, To drink this last and bitter cup Of grief that man shall taste —... | |
 | James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1875 - 486 pages
...of darkness shall Eeceive my parting ghost! 7. This spirit shall return to Him Who gave its heavenly spark ; Yet think not, sun, it shall be dim, When...Him recalled to breath, Who captive led captivity, 1 Ob UV i on, cessation of remem- show ; a spectacle for the entertainbrance ; forgetfulness. ment... | |
 | 1875 - 174 pages
...of darkness shall Receive my parting ghost ! This spirit shall return to Him Who gave its heavenly spark ; Yet think not, sun, it shall be dim, When...and shine In bliss unknown to beams of thine, By Him recall'd to breath, Who captive led captivity, Who robb'd the grave of victory — And took the sting... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 560 pages
...of darkness shall Receive my parting ghost ! This spirit shall return to Him Who gave its heavenly spark ; Yet think not, Sun, it shall be dim When thou thyself art dkrk ! No ! it shall live again, and shine In bliss unknown to beams of thine, By him recalled to breath,... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - American literature - 1876 - 870 pages
...human tears, That shall no longer flow. . . . * This spirit shall return to Him That gave its heavenly spark ; Yet think not, sun, it shall be dim, When...the grave of victory. And took the sting from death 1 ' A Thought suggested by the Nevi Year. The more we live, more brief appear Our life's succeeding... | |
 | James Madison Watson - Readers - 1876 - 484 pages
...darkness shall Receive my parting ghost I 7. This spirit shall return to Him Who gave its heavenly spark ; Yet think not, sun, it shall be dim, When...Him recalled to breath, Who captive led captivity, 1 Ob liV i on, cessation of remem- show ; a spectacle for the entertainbrance ; forgetfulness. ment... | |
 | English poetry - 1876 - 618 pages
...majesty of darkness shall Keeeive my parting ghost! This spirit shall return to Him Who gave its heavenly spark: Yet think not, sun, it shall be dim, When thou...shine In bliss unknown to beams of thine, — By Him reealled to breath, Who eaptive led eaptivity, Who rolibed the grave of viefory, And took the sting... | |
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