SLEEP, HOLY BABE
CHRISTMAS
Fr. E.Caswall, d.1878 / Melody adapt. from Louise Reichardt, 1826
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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. |
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Sleep, Holy Babe, Thine angels watch around; All bending low with folded wings Before th'Incarnate King of kings, In rev'rent awe profound. |
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Sleep, Holy Babe, While I with Mary gaze In joy upon Thy face awhile, Upon the loving Infant smile, Which there divinely plays. |
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Sleep, Holy Babe, O take Thy brief repose! Too quickly will Thy slumbers break, And Thou to lengthen'd pains awake, That death alone shall close. |
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