Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep! From which none ever wake to weep; A calm and undisturbed repose, Unbroken by the last of foes. Asleep in Jesus! oh, how sweet To be for such a slumber meet! With holy confidence to sing That death hath lost its venomed sting! Asleep in Jesus! peaceful rest! Whose waking is supremely blest; No fear--no woe, shall dim the hour That manifests the Saviour's power. Asleep in Jesus! oh, for me May such a blissful refuge be: Securely shall my ashes lie, And wait the summons from on high. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SMALL SELF AND THE LIBERAL SELF by JAMES GALVIN LOVE'S MIRACLE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON YOUTH'S PROGENY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: SHACK DYE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS PICKING AND CHOOSING by MARIANNE MOORE |