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FALLING TO SLEEP by ANONYMOUS

First Line: EVENING IS FALLING TO SLEEP IN THE WEST
Last Line: AND JESUS WILL GIVE HIS BELOVED ONES SLEEP
Evening is falling to sleep in the west,
Lulling the golden-brown meadows to rest;
Twinkle like diamonds the stars in the skies,
Greeting the two little slumbering eyes.
Sweetly sleep; Jesus doth keep;
And Jesus will give His beloved ones sheep.

Now all the flowers have gone to repose.
Closed are the sweet cups of lily and rose;
Blossoms rocked lightly on evening's mild breeze.
Drowsily, dreamily swing in the trees.
Sweetly sleep; Jesus will keep;
And Jesus will give His beloved ones sleep.

Sleep till the flowers shall open once more;
Sleep till the lark in the morning shall soar;
Sleep till the morning sun lighting the skies,
Bids thee from sweet repose joyfully rise.
Sweetly sleep; Jesus doth keep;
And Jesus will give His beloved ones sleep.



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