“Sister spirit, come away!”

What is this absorbs me quite;

Steals my senses, shuts my sight;

Drowns my spirits, draws my breath?

Tell me, my soul, can this be—death?

The world recedes! it disappears!

Heaven opens to my eyes!—my ears

With sounds seraphic ring:

Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly!

O Grave! where is thy victory?