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First Line: When mary bids thee sleep, thou sleepest
Last Line: To suffer and to weep!
Subject(s): Jesus Christ


When Mary bids Thee sleep, Thou sleepest;
Thou wakest when she calls;
Thou art content upon her lap,
Or in the rugged stalls.

When Joseph takes Thee in his arms
And smooths Thy little cheek,
Thou lookest up into his face
So helpless and so meek.

Yes, dearest Babel those tiny hands,
That play with Mary's hair,
The weight of all the mighty world
This very moment bear.

While Thou art clasping Mary's neck
In timid, tight embrace,
The boldest seraphs vell themselves
Before Thine infant face.

When Mary hath appeased Thy thirst
And hushed Thy feeble cry,
The hearts of men lie open still
Before Thy slumbering eye.

O dear, O wakeful-hearted Child!
Sleep on, dear Jesus, sleep!
For Thou must one day wake for me
To suffer and to weep!





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