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Text:Sleep thy last sleep
Author:E. A. Dayman
Tune:[Sleep thy last sleep]
Composer:J. Barnby

598. Sleep thy last sleep

1 Sleep thy last sleep,
Free from care and sorrow;
Rest, where none weep,
Till th'eternal morrow;
Though dark waves roll
O'er the silent river,
Thy fainting soul
Jesus can deliver.

2 Life's dream is past,
All its sin and sadness;
Brightly at last
Dawns a day of gladness:
Under the sod,
Earth, receive our treasure,
To rest in God,
Waiting all His pleasure.

3 Though we may mourn
Those in life the dearest,
They shall return,
Christ, when Thou appearest:
Soon shall Thy voice
Comfort those now weeping,
Bidding rejoice
All in Jesus sleeping.

Text Information
First Line: Sleep thy last sleep
Author: E. A. Dayman (1868)
Meter: 4, 6. 8L.
Publication Date: 1913
Topic: The Last Things: Burial and Resurrection; The Last Things: Burial and Ressurection; Resurrection
Tune Information
Name: [Sleep thy last sleep]
Composer: J. Barnby (1869)
Meter: 4, 6. 8L.
Key: D Major



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