Farewell, dear heart, then sleep! Dost thou not know 'tis well, While Holy Angels vigil keep, We say a last farewell? For souls from sleep awake Beyond earth's shifting sand Where waves of love forever break On Heaven's Golden Strand. As fade sun, moon and stars Into the crystal sea, Beyond confines of earthly bars May Christ our pilot be. Through passing shades of night Until transformed by Grace We gaze up through the Glory Light Into our Saviour's face. |