Text: | Sleep Thy Last Sleep |
Author: | Edward Arthur Dayman |
Tune: | REQUIEM |
Composer: | Joseph Barnby |
Sleep thy last sleep,
free from care and sorrow;
rest, where none weep,
till the eternal morrow;
though dark waves roll
o'er the silent river,
thy fainting soul
Jesus can deliver.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Sleep thy last sleep |
Title: | Sleep Thy Last Sleep |
Author: | Edward Arthur Dayman (1868) |
Meter: | 4.6.4.6.D. Mixed |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1995 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Death and Life to Come; Death of Believers; Funeral and memorial service |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | REQUIEM |
Composer: | Joseph Barnby (1869) |
Meter: | 4.6.4.6.D. Mixed |
Key: | D♭ Major |
Notes: | 602 A in 1891 Offices of Worship and Hymns |