Friday, January 3, 2003

The Dying Christian To His Soul Comments

Rating: 3.2

Vital spark of heav’nly flame!
Quit, O quit this mortal frame:
Trembling, hoping, ling’ring, flying,
O the pain, the bliss of dying!
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Alexander Pope
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Richard Wlodarski 26 November 2016

This poem has helped me through this most difficult time of watching a friend dying of cancer. Thank you Poem Hunter for bringing it to my attention.

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Chrissa Lynn 28 February 2011

This poem describes death so glouriously.

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Chrissa Lynn 28 February 2011

I agree. This poem describes death so glouriously.

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Peya Jakob 27 November 2007

This is beautiful.It means the world to me.Its rivetting and timeless and even now its part of all i live through.It is a gift to literature

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