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"Songs by the Way"
The Poetical Writings of the Right Rev. George Washington Doane, D.D., LL.D.

Arranged and Edited by His Son, William Croswell Doane

New York: D. Appleton, 1860.

"SO HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP."

"Your boy is looking as peaceful and happy, asleep in his cradle, as you can desire."

SLEEP lies like dew about thee,
      The sleep, which God bestows;
Nor pain, nor care, nor sorrow, yet,
      Thy peaceful spirit knows:
Washed, from the first transgression,
      In that baptismal flood;
God makes thee, His beloved,
      Through the Beloved's blood.

Sleep sweetly on, and safely,
      Mine own baptismal child;
Calm, as the stream in Eden's bower,
      While yet Jehovah smiled;
The heavenly Dove hangs o'er thee,
      With blessed, brooding wing,
To shelter and to shield thee,
      From evil thought and thing.

LONDON, August 24, 1841.

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