Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE BLESSED SLEEP, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS


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THE BLESSED SLEEP, by                    
First Line: Farewell, dear heart, then sleep!
Last Line: Into our saviour's face.
Subject(s): Farewell; Sleep; Parting


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.





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