| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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or “Elfenreigen” (the weird spirit-song), that music which some hear before death. Faber refers to it in his Pilgrims of the Night. | 1 |
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| “Hark, hark, my soul! Angelic songs are swelling.” | |
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Pope also says, in the Dying Christian— | 2 |
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| “Hark! they whisper; angels say, |
| Sister spirit, come away.” | |
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