“Vital spark of heav'nly flame!
Quit, oh quit, this mortal frame”

— Alexander Pope

Stanza 1.
The Dying Christian to His Soul (1712)
Context: Vital spark of heav'nly flame!
Quit, oh quit, this mortal frame:
Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying,
Oh the pain, the bliss of dying!

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eighteenth century English poet 1688–1744

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