 | Lewis Borrett White - Bookbinding, Victorian - 1864 - 232 pages
...eyes are open while mine close. Let no dreams my head infest, But such as Jacob's temples bless'd. While I do rest, my soul advance, Make my sleep a...My course as doth the nimble sun. Sleep is a death ;—oh make me try, By sleeping, what it is to die! And as gently lay my head On my grave, as now my... | |
 | Family hymn-book - 1864 - 590 pages
...while mine close ; Let no ill dreams my sleep infest, But such as Jacob's slumbers blest. 4 That so I may, my rest being wrought, Awake into some holy thought ; And with an active vigour run My course, as doth the unwearied sun. 5 Sleep is a death ; O make me try, By sleeping... | |
 | W. K. - English poetry - 1865 - 260 pages
...those watchful foes, Whose eyes are open while mine close. Let no dreams my head infest, But such as Jacob's temples blest. While I do rest my soul advance...My course as doth the nimble sun. Sleep is a death ; — O make me try, By sleeping, what it is to die ! And as gently lay my head On my grave, as now... | |
 | W. K. - English poetry - 1865 - 238 pages
...those watchful foes, Whose eyes are open while mine close. Let no dreams my head infest, But such as Jacob's temples blest. While I do rest my soul advance...My course as doth the nimble sun. Sleep is a death ; — O make me try, By sleeping, what it is to die ! And as gently lay my head On my grave, as now... | |
 | 1866 - 848 pages
...open while mine close; Let no dreams my head infest. But such as Jacob's temples blest. While I Ho rest my soul advance, Make my sleep a holy trance...as active vigour run My course as doth the nimble nun. Sleep is a death : O make me try By sleeping what it is to die ; And as gently lay my head On... | |
 | Francis James Child - Religious poetry - 1866 - 304 pages
...those watchful foes Whose eyes are open while mine close. Let no dreams my head infest, But such as Jacob's temples blest ; While I do rest, my soul advance...being wrought, Awake into some holy thought ; And with active vigor run My course, as doth the nimble sun. Sleep is a death ; oh make me try, By sleeping,... | |
 | Augustine hymn book, David Thomas - 1866 - 270 pages
...are open while mine close ; Let no ill dreams my sleep infest, But such as Jacob's slumbers blest. 4 Sleep is a death ; 0 make me try By sleeping what it is to die ; And then as gently lay my head Upon my grave, as now my bed. iring from ^atl 178 " This is the wlll of... | |
 | Missions - 1867 - 838 pages
...those watchful foes Whose eyes are open while mine close. Let no dreams my head infest, But such as Jacob's temples blest. While I do rest, my soul advance...My course as doth the nimble sun. Sleep is a death ; oh, make me try By sleeping what it is to die : And as gently lay my head On my grave, as now my... | |
 | George MacDonald - English literature - 1868 - 356 pages
...those watchful foes Whose eyes are open while mine close. Let no dreams my head infest But such as Jacob's temples blest. While I do rest, my soul advance...My course as doth the nimble sun. Sleep is a death : O make me try By sleeping what it is to die, And as gently lay my head On my grave, as now my bed.... | |
 | Thomas Thellusson Carter - 1868 - 302 pages
...peace, and take my rest ; for it is Thou, LORD, only, that makest me dwell in safety. Psalm iv. 9. While I do rest, my soul advance, Make my sleep a...My course, as doth the nimble sun. Sleep is a death ; () make me try By sleeping, what it is to die ; And as gently lay my head On my grave, as now my... | |
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While I do rest, my soul advance: Make my sleep a holy trance: That I may, my rest being wrought, Awake into some holy thought, And with as active vigour run My course, as doth the nimble sun. 
