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Text:Sleep Thy Last Sleep
Author:Edward Arthur Dayman
Tune:REQUIEM
Composer:Joseph Barnby

805. Sleep Thy Last Sleep

Sleep thy last sleep,
free from care and sorrow;
rest, where none weep,
till the eternal morrow;
though dark waves roll
o'er the silent river,
thy fainting soul
Jesus can deliver.

Text Information
First Line: Sleep thy last sleep
Title: Sleep Thy Last Sleep
Author: Edward Arthur Dayman (1868)
Meter: 4.6.4.6.D. Mixed
Language: English
Publication Date: 1995
Scripture:
Topic: Death and Life to Come; Death of Believers; Funeral and memorial service
Tune Information
Name: REQUIEM
Composer: Joseph Barnby (1869)
Meter: 4.6.4.6.D. Mixed
Key: D♭ Major
Notes: 602 A in 1891 Offices of Worship and Hymns



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