Sleep, Beloved, Sleep (Rens. DeGeer)

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• (Posted 2023-10-10)  CPDL #76193:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-10).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 199 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Sleep, Beloved, Sleep
Composer: Rens. DeGeer
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1887 R. H. Meredith & Co.
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English text

Sleep, beloved, sleep,
Secure from earthly fears,
While mortal life shall last
Found memories of the past
Shall mingle with our tears.
Sleep, sleep, sleep, beloved, sleep.

Sleep. beloved, sleep,
And rest from earthly strife;
Death claimed thee in thy bloom,
We lay thee in the tomb,
’Till Christ shall give thee life.
Sleep, sleep, sleep, beloved, sleep.

Sleep, beloved, sleep,
We meet on earth no more;
But hope to meet again,
Beyond the reach of pain,
On heaven’s eternal shore.
Sleep, sleep, sleep, beloved, sleep.