245 Claremont
Vital spark of heav'nly flame
Quit, oh, quit this mortal frame!
Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying
Oh, the pain, the bliss of dying?
Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife
And let me languish into life
(And let me languish into life)
Hark! they whisper; angels say
(Hark) "Sister spirit, come away."
Hark! they whisper; angels say
"Sister spirit, come away."
"Sister spirit, come away."
What is this absorbs me quite —
Steals my senses, shuts my sight?
Drowns my spirit, draws my breath?
Tell me, my soul, can this be death?
Tell me, my soul, can this be death?
Tell me, my soul, can this be death?
Tell me, my soul, can this be death?
Tell me, my soul, can this be death?
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
My ears, with sounds seraphic ring
My ears, with sounds seraphic ring
Lend your wings! I mount! I fly!
I mount! I fly!
Oh grave! Where is thy victory?
Thy victory?
Oh grave! Where is thy victory?
Thy victory?
Oh death! Where is thy sting?
Lend your wings! I mount! I fly!
I mount! I fly!
I mount! I fly! I fly!
Oh grave! Where is thy victory?
Oh death! Where is thy sting?
I mount! I fly!
I mount! I fly!
Oh grave! Where is thy victory?
Oh death! Where is thy sting?
Lend your wings! I mount! I fly!
I mount! I fly!
Oh grave! Where is thy victory?
Thy victory?
Oh grave! Where is thy victory?
Thy victory?
Oh death! Where is thy sting?
Lend your wings! I mount! I fly!
I mount! I fly!
I mount! I fly! I fly!
Oh grave! Where is thy victory?
Oh death! Where is thy sting?
I mount! I fly!
I mount! I fly!
Oh grave! Where is thy victory?
Oh death! Where is thy sting?