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I HEAR HER SING, by                    
First Line: I hear her sing across the years
Last Line: "heavenly angels guard thy bed!"
Subject(s): Singing & Singers; Songs


I hear her sing across the years,
(Pillowing her baby's head,)
"Hush, my child, lie still and slumber,
Heavenly angels guard thy bed!"

It seems to me but yesterday,
Her sweet voice, singing low,
Found lodgment in a restless heart.
The years they come and go;
But in a heart thus comforted,
Time never can erase
The memory of her gentleness,
The beauty of her face --
As soft she sang, through twilight hour
When truant day had fled --
"Hush, my child! lie still and slumber,
Heavenly angels guard thy bed!"

When at the last great hour I stand,
My feet upon the brink
Of that dark stream which may be near,
Yes, nearer than I think --
Oh, may I hear that sweet voice still,
Banishing fear and dread --
"Hush, my child, lie still and slumber,
Heavenly angels guard thy bed!"





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