6144. Sleep! Holy Babe

1. Sleep! Holy Babe! upon Thy mother’s breast;
Great Lord of earth and sea and sky,
How sweet it is to see Thee lie
In such a place of rest,
In such a place of rest.

2. Sleep! Holy Babe! Thine angels watch around,
All bending low with folded wings,
Before th’incarnate King of kings,
In reverent awe profound.
In reverent awe profound.

3. Sleep! Holy Babe! while I with Mary gaze
In joy upon that face awhile,
Upon the loving infant smile
Which there divinely plays.
Which there divinely plays.

4. Sleep! Holy Babe! ah! take Thy brief repose;
Too quickly will Thy slumbers break,
And Thou to lengthened pains awake
That death alone shall close,
That death alone shall close.

Text Information
First Line: Sleep! Holy Babe! upon Thy mother's breast
Title: Sleep! Holy Babe
Author: Edward Caswall (1850)
Language: English
Source: The Rambler, June 1850, page 528
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Sleep! Holy Babe! upon Thy mother's breast]
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes
Incipit: 11431 17654 33334
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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