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| 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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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