| Newmann Hall - 1819 - 242 pages
...life which fadeth not away. It was rather a translation than a death. He was not; for God took him. " Thus star by star declines, Till all are passed away,...To pure and perfect day : Nor sink those stars in empty night, But hide themselves in heaven's own light." CONCLUSION. AFTER the perusal of the preceding... | |
| 1825 - 556 pages
...beholds the dying here Translated to that glorious sphere! Thns star by star declines, Till all are past away : As morning high and higher shines, To pure and perfect day : Nor sink those stars in empty night, But hide themselves in Heaven's own light. MONTGOMERY. THE COTTAGE VISITOR.— No. II.... | |
| English literature - 1825 - 624 pages
...the dying here Translated to that glorious sphere ! ' Thus star by star declines, Till all are past away ; As morning high and higher shines To pure and perfect day : Nor sink those stars in empty night, But hide themselves in Heaven's own light.' The views of Lyons, Paris from Pure la Chaise,... | |
| 1825 - 604 pages
...the dying here Translated to that glorious sphere ! ' Thus star by star declines, Till all are past away ; As morning high and higher shines To pure and perfect day : Nor sink those stars in empty night, But hide themselves in Heaven's own light.' The views of Lyons, Paris from Pere la Chaise,... | |
| Select poetry - English poetry - 1825 - 182 pages
...the dying, here, Translated to that glorious sphere ! Thus star by star declines, Till all are past away : As morning high and higher shines, To pure and perfect day : Nor sink those stars in empty night, But hide themselves in heaven's own light. LXXXIX. THIS shadow on the dial's face, That... | |
| John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...beholds the dying here Translated to that glorious sphere ! Thus star by star declines, Till all are past away ; As morning high and higher shines To pure and perfect day: Nor sink those stars in empty night, But hide themselves in heav'n's own light. CHARLES LAMB. SABBATH BELLS. THE cheerful Sabbath... | |
| John BRUCE (Minister of Low Hill Cemetery, Liverpool.) - Death - 1827 - 240 pages
...beholds the dying here Translated to that glorious sphere ! Thus star by star declines, Till all are past away ; As morning high and higher shines To pure and perfect day : Nor sink those stars in empty night, But hide themselves in heav'n's own light." CHAPTER VI. Death — rapid in his movements,... | |
| James Montgomery - English poetry - 1827 - 296 pages
...beholds the dying here Translated to that happier sphere. Thus star by star declines, Till all are pass'd away, As morning high and higher shines To pure and perfect day ; Nor sink those stars in empty night, — They hide themselves in heaven's own light. A MOTHER'S LAMENT ON THE DEATH OF HER... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1829 - 424 pages
...beholds the dying here Translated to that glorious sphere ! Thus star by star declines Till all are past away ; As morning high and higher shines To pure and perfect day : Nor sink those stars in empty night, But hide themselves in heaven's own light. Literary Souvenir. BY JOHN MALCOLM, ESQ. SPIRIT... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1829 - 476 pages
...beholds the dying here Translated to that glorious sphere ! Thus star by star declines Till all are past away ; As morning high and higher shines To pure and perfect day : Nor sink those stars in empty night, But hide themselves in heaven's own light. Literary Souvenir. BY JOHN MALCOLM, ESQ. SPIRIT... | |
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