Hymnal: The Sacred Melodeon
Date: 1848
Compiler: A S Hayden
Publisher/Printer: A S Hayden
First Line: Vital spark of heav'nly flame
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> Pope
Composer:
Tune: Vital Spark
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 271, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsVital spark of heav'nly flame!
Quit, O quit this mortal frame!
Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying,
Oh! the pain, the bliss of dying!
Cease, fond nature! Cease thy strife, --
Let me languish in to life!
Hark! They whisper - angels say,
"Sister spirit, come away!"
What is this absorbs me quite;
Steals my senses
Shuts my sight,
Downs my spirit,
Tell me, my soul, can this be death?
The world recedes! It disappears!
Heav'n opens on my eyes! My ears
With sounds seraphic ring!
Lend, lend your wings!
I mount! I fly!
O grave! Where is thy victory?
O death! Where is thy sting?