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Slumber on! while I watch o'er thee,
Slumber in unbroken rest!
Fittest guard to stand before thee
Is the friend who loves thee best!
Slumber in unbroken rest!
Fittest guard to stand before thee
Is the friend who loves thee best!
Slumber on! and should'st thou, dreaming
Of the starry realms above,
See an angel spirit, beaming
With a smile of heaven-born love;
Of the starry realms above,
See an angel spirit, beaming
With a smile of heaven-born love;
One with golden hair down flowing,
One whom spotless robes invest,
With a seraph's radiance glowing,
Tranquil, pure, and bright, and blest;—
One whom spotless robes invest,
With a seraph's radiance glowing,
Tranquil, pure, and bright, and blest;—
Such the beauteous form which, waking,
Gazing on thy peaceful brow,
Such the form, sweet slumber taking,
Which I see before me now.
Gazing on thy peaceful brow,
Such the form, sweet slumber taking,
Which I see before me now.
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