The world recedes; it disappears!
Heav'n opens my eyes! my ears
With sounds seraphic ring!
Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly!
O grave! where is thy victory?
O death! where is thy sting?
Note: the last two lines are a quote of 1 Corinthians 15:55. - The Dying Christian to His Soul (1712)