| Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907. | | | | “Sleep, thy last sleep” | | By Edward Arthur Dayman (1807–1890) |
| | | SLEEP thy last sleep, | |
| Free from care and sorrow, | |
| Rest, where none weep, | |
| Till the eternal morrow; | |
| Though dark waves roll | 5 |
| O’er the silent river, | |
| Thy fainting soul | |
| Jesus can deliver. | |
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| Life’s dream is past, | |
| All its sin, its sadness, | 10 |
| Brightly at last | |
| Dawns a day of gladness; | |
| Under thy sod, | |
| Earth, receive our treasure, | |
| To rest in God, | 15 |
| Waiting all His pleasure. | |
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| Though we may mourn | |
| Those in life the dearest, | |
| They shall return, | |
| Christ, when Thou appearest! | 20 |
| Soon shall Thy voice | |
| Comfort those now weeping, | |
| Bidding rejoice | |
| All in Jesus sleeping. | | | | |
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