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CLAREMOUNT.
7s
&
8.
"Oh
death,
where
is
thy
sting?
Oh
grave
where
is
thy
victory?
1st
Cor.
15-55.
Key
of
A
Minor.
Alexander
Pope
171-1-2.
Vital
spark
of
heav'-nly
flame
Quit,
oh?
quit
this
mor-tal
frame;
Trembling,
hoping,
ling'
-
ring,
fly
-
ing,
fly-ing
fly
-
ing.
Vitals
spark
of
heav'-nly
flame
Quit,
oh?
quit
this
mor-tal
frame;
Trembling,
hoping,
ling'-ring,
fly
-
-
-
ing,
fly
-
ing,
fly
-
ing.
Vital
spark
of
heav'-nly
flame,
Quit,
oh!
quit
this
mor-tal
frame:
Tremb-ling,
hope-ing,
ling'
.....
ring,
fly
.....
ing.
Temb-ling,
hope-ing,
ling
-
ring,
fly-ing,
fly
-
ing,
fly.ing
Oh
the
pain,
the
bliss
of
dy
-
ing?
(Cease,
fond
na-ture,
cease
thy
srife,)
And
let
me
lan-guish
in
-
to
life,
And
let
me
lan-guish
in
-
to
life.
Oh
the
pain,
the
bliss
of
dy
-
ing?
(Cease,
fond
na-ture,
cease
thy
strife)
And
let
me
lan-guish
in
-
to
life,
And
let
me
lan-guish
in
-
to
life.
The
above
hymn
is
credited
to
Alexande
Pope.
This
favorite
ode
or
anthem
is
a
free
version
of
the
emperor
Adrian's
Address
To
His
Soul
When
Dying.
As
it
is
wrote
in
dim
and
timid
uncertainty;
but
Pope
Alexander
in
a
more
Christian
strain
speaks
definitely
of
heaven,
and
concluded
with
the
scripture
quotation
of
confident
triumph;
Oh
Grave,
Where
is
Thy
Victory?
Oh
Death,
Where
Is
Thy
Sting?
The
old
hymn
writer,
by
the
name
of
Flatman,
wrote
one
somewhat
simular
to