 When the soft dews of kindly sleep My wearied eyelids gently steep, Be my last thought, how sweet to rest For ever on my Saviour's breast.  The Guardian - Page 721884Full view - About this book
 | Marchiene Vroon Rienstra - 1992 - 286 lehte
...rest in peace, for You alone, O God, make me dwell in safety. Hymn Prayer: Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear, it is not night if Thou be near; O may no earthborn...servant's eyes! When the soft dews of kindly sleep my weary eyelids gently steep, be my last thought, how sweet to rest forever on my Savior's breast. Abide... | |
 | William J. Petersen, Randy Petersen - 1995 - 772 lehte
...hnow the Father — and l lay down my life for the sheep. Jolm 10:14-15 Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear, It is not night if Thou be near; O may no earthborn...sleep My wearied eyelids gently steep, Be my last thought, how sweet to rest Forever on my Savior's breast. Abide with me from morn till eve, For without... | |
 | Rodney Stenning Edgecombe - 1996 - 304 lehte
...stanza, where the presence of God, irradiating earthly sorrow, anticipates the lux perpetua of eternity: "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear, / It is not night if Thou be near." Placing the journey metaphor in abeyance for the time being, he acts as if a real light had indeed... | |
 | Brenda Maddox - 1996 - 664 lehte
...of his childhood, whose incantatory rhythms and unashamed emotion were the joy of his early years: Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear, It is not night if Thou be near. Lydia Lawrence dedicated her life to her children. She was determined that they would advance in life... | |
 | Michael Counsell - 2001 - 218 lehte
...will lie down with me; God and Christ and the Spirit Be lying down with me. Carmina Gadelica III, 333 SUN of my soul, thou Saviour dear, It is not night...sleep My wearied eyelids gently steep, Be my last thought, how sweet to rest For ever on my Saviour's breast. Abide with me from morn till eve, For without... | |
 | William Butler Yeats - 2001 - 612 lehte
...everyone join in the singing. [ They sing the following lines from Hymn 564,0 Dublin Church Hymnal.] Sun of my soul, Thou Saviour dear, It is not night...cloud arise To hide Thee from Thy servant's eyes.' [Mrs Henderson is leaning back in her chair asleep.] Miss Mackenna [to John Corbet]. She always snores... | |
 | Kenneth W. Osbeck - 2002 - 404 lehte
...blessing, whether full enjoyment of God's love in "heav'n above," is still a Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear, it is not night if Thou be near; O may no earth-born...servant's eyes. When the soft dews of kindly sleep my weary eyelids gently steep, be my last thought; how sweet to rest forever on my Savior's breast! Abide... | |
 | D. H. Lawrence - 2004 - 476 lehte
...didacticism and sentimentalism. I am eternally grateful for the wonder with which 3, it filled my childhood. "Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear It is not night if thou be near — That was the last hymn at the Board School.* It did not mean to me any christian dogma, or any... | |
 | Robert Brown - 2005 - 401 lehte
...hast loved us, love us still. HYMNS FOR THE YOUNG, 1836 Attributed to Dorothy A. Thrupp (1779-1847) When the soft dews of kindly sleep My wearied eyelids gently steep, Be my last thought, how sweet to rest Forever on my Savior's breast. Abide with me from morn till eve, For without... | |
 | Charles W. Eliot - 2005 - 529 lehte
...adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid! SUN OF MY SOUL, THOU SAVIOUR DEAR JOHN KEBLE [1792-1866} SUN of my soul, Thou Saviour dear, It is not night if Thou be near; Oh may no earth-born cloud arise To hide Thee from Thy servant's eyes! When the soft dews of kindly... | |
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