Hymn XII. [Book III]

For the Evening

Original Text

Henry Alline, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs (Boston: Peter Edes, 1786): 161-62. Early American Imprints, Series 1, no. 44842. Online.

1Lord I lay me down to rest,

2Let me lean upon thy breast;

3Watch my pillow while I sleep,

4Thou my soul and body keep.

II.

5If in death I close my eyes,

6May I 'wake above the skies;

7Reach with joy the peaceful shore,

8Where I'll need this sleep no more.

III.

9Ah! might I with Jesus 'wake,

10All my sins, and clogs forsake,

11O how happy should I be,

12Blest to all eternity!

Publication Start Year

1786

RPO poem Editors

Ian Lancashire / Sharine Leung

RPO Edition

2011

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