Away, thou dying saint, away. T. Kelly. [Death.] First published in the 3rd edition of his Hymns, 1809, No. 134, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines, and repeated in all subsequent editions. It is based on Eccles. xii. 7, "And the Spirit shall return to God who gave it." Original text in E. T. Prust's Supplemental Hymn Book, 1869, No. 241.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)