“Hark! they whisper; angels say,
Sister spirit, come away!”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) eighteenth century English poet
The Dying Christian to His Soul (1712)
“Hark! Hark! my soul, angelic songs are swelling
O’er earth’s green fields and ocean’s wave-beat shore;
How sweet the truth those blessed strains are telling
Of that new life when sin shall be no more.”
The Pilgrims of the Night.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
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“Angel of life! thy glittering wings explore
Earth's loneliest bounds, and Ocean's wildest shore.”
Thomas Campbell (1777–1844) British writer
Part I, lines 45 - 54
Pleasures of Hope (1799)
Context: p>Auspicious Hope! in thy sweet garden grow
Wreaths for each toil, a charm for every woe:
Won by their sweets, in nature's languid hour,
The way-worn pilgrim seeks thy summer bower;There, as the wild bee murmurs on the wing,
What peaceful dreams thy handmaid spirits bring!
What viewless forms th' Æolian organ play,
And sweep the furrow'd lines of anxious thought away!Angel of life! thy glittering wings explore
Earth's loneliest bounds, and Ocean's wildest shore.</p
Charles Wesley (1707–1788) English Methodist and hymn writer
Joyful, all ye nations, rise.
Join the triumph of the skies.
Universal nature say
"Christ is born today!"
"Hymn for Christmas-Day"; these opening lines were revised by Wesley's co-worker George Whitefield in 1754, along with lesser alterations to subsequent lines, to produce the more familiar "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (alternate versions at Wikisource):
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the new-born King;
Peace on earth and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!"
Joyful, all ye nations, rise.
Join the triumph of the skies.
With th'angelic hosts proclaim
"Christ is born in Bethlehem!"
Hark! the herald angels sing,
Glory to the new-born King!
Hymns and Sacred Poems (1739)
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
Poetical Portrait II
The Venetian Bracelet (1829)
William Pitt (ship-builder) English ship-builder
The Sailor's Consolation.
Philip Doddridge (1702–1751) English Nonconformist leader, educator, and hymnwriter
Published 1755, Hymns, "Hark, the Glad Sound", Chambers Dictionary of Quotations, p. 278
Van Morrison (1945) Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician
Into the Mystic
Song lyrics, Moondance (1970)
James Branch Cabell book Figures of Earth
Miramon, in Ch. XXXII : The Redemption of Poictesme
Figures of Earth (1921)
