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WE SHALL SLEEP BUT WE SHALL WAKEN

We shall sleep but we shall waken
In the morning bright and fair,
We, by sudden night o'ertaken
In a land of dark despair;
Whatsoever may befall us
Though our rest be long and deep,
Jesus in the morn will call us
Call us from our silent sleep.

We shall sleep but we shall waken
Though the night be cold and drear,
Not forgotten, not forsaken,
With a dear Friend watching near;
Long may be the night of sadness
Yet that Friend, His watch shall keep
"Till the glorious morn of gladness
When He wakes us from our sleep.

We shall sleep, but we shall waken
At the sound of that dear voice
At whose murmur thrones have shaken,
At whose whisper saints rejoice;
O'er our newly wakened vision
Floods of holy light shall sweep
From that morning-dawn Elysian
When He wakes us from our sleep.

We shall sleep but we shall waken,
Jesus slept, and woke before;
We shall sleep and we shall waken
When our silent sleep is o'er;
On the stillness of our slumbers
Shall break forth that music deep
From glad hosts in countless numbers
When He wakes us from our sleep.

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