"Beyond" by Joseph Plank.  From Der Orchideengarten, 1921.

"Traversing the dark sea."  From Allegories by Frederic W. Farrar, 1898.

A Journey From This World to the Next, &c. by Henry Fielding, 1743.

From Once a Week, 1861.

"I thought at first I had reached Hell.  There seemed no God, but horrible desolation and emptiness.  That was because I was not tuned, nor could I manipulate my new form.  I was all at sea, and lonely beyond words." —Fear Not the Crossing by Gail Williams, 1920.

It's a brittle thing, to be sure.  Life Beyond the Grave: Described by a Spirit Through a Writing Medium, 1877.

From the Book of Heavenly Teachings by R. P. Baugh, 1912.

The Debatable Land Between this World and the Next by Robert Dale Owen, 1871.