Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Vital spark of heav'nly flame
Topic: Mournful Scenes
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: PM
Tune:
Hymn Number: Song 294
Page Number: 364, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsVITAL spark of heavn'ly flame,
Quit, O quit this mortal frame;
Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying,
O 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 away;"
What is this absorbs me quite?-
Steals my senses, shuts my sight,
Drowns my spirits, draws my breath?-
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?"