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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A HYMN FOR PROCESSION WITH CROSS AND BANNERS by SABINE BARING-GOULD THE HOUSE OF HOSPITALITIES by THOMAS HARDY THE LAST CHANTEY by RUDYARD KIPLING TO A POET THAT DIED YOUNG by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY |