 He said he was going to that country he had all his ' life wished to see, and expressed himself happy, hoping for salvation ' through Jesus Christ. Just before he died his countenance became fair, ' his eyes brightened, and he burst out into singing of...  The Outlook - Page 3081907Full view - About this book
 | 1881 - 1046 pages
...hand which had so long been true to the artist's vocation. A friend thus described the final scene : ' He said he was going to that country he had all his...out into singing of the things he saw in heaven.' He was buried in Bunhill-Fields burial-ground ; but no stone having been reared over his grave, it... | |
 | Alexander Gilchrist - 1863 - 460 pages
...' written this to inform yon. He died on Sunday night at six o'clock, in a ' most glorious manner. He said he was going to that country he had all his...out into singing of the things he saw in ' heaven. In truth, he died like a saint, as a person who was standing by ' him observed. He is to be buried... | |
 | 1880 - 996 pages
...walking among them. A letter written by one of Blake's youthful disciples, just after his death, relates: "Just before he died his countenance became fair, his eyes brightened, and he burst out singing of the things he saw in heaven." Between these two points of time lay a life of sixty years,... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1871 - 356 pages
...wife, who sat by his side." Another account, by a " now distinguished painter," records of Blake, that, just before he died, his countenance became fair,...out into singing of the things he saw in heaven." When the days of Thomas Moore were dwindled to a span, he would sing, or ask his wife to sing to him,... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1872 - 348 pages
...wife, who sat by his side." Another account, by a " now distinguished painter," records of Blake, that, just before he died, his countenance became fair,...out into singing of the things he saw in heaven." When the days of Thomas Moore were dwindled to a span, he would sing, or ask his wife to sing to him,... | |
 | Burlington Fine Arts Club - 1876 - 82 pages
...(No. 3), and here the earthly life of this unworldly man came to a close on the 1 2th of August, 1827. 'Just before he died his countenance became fair,...out into singing of the things he saw in Heaven.' For a fuller account of Blake, I would refer to three important and excellent studies of his life and... | |
 | 1881 - 790 pages
...among them. A letter written by one of Blake's youthful disciples, just after his death, relates : ' Just before he died his countenance became fair, his eyes brightened, and he burst out singing of the things he saw in heaven.' Between these two points of time lay a life of sixty years,... | |
 | William Blake - 1890 - 382 pages
...not be parted ; he should always be about her to take care of her." Another friend relates : — " He said he was going to that country he had all his...out into singing of the things he saw in heaven." Then his breath began to fail : and he died towards six in the evening, so calmly that the precise... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1892 - 312 pages
...assured her that they would not be parted, and that he should always be about her to take care of her. He was going to that country he had all his life wished to see. " Just before he died, his countenance became fair, his eyes brightened, and he burst out into singing... | |
 | Alfred Thomas Story - 1893 - 192 pages
...would not be parted ; he should always be about her to take care of her." Another account says : " He said he was going to that country he had all his...out into singing of the things he saw in heaven." He finally passed away towards six in the evening — so calmly and peacefully, that the devoted wife,... | |
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