Awhile to slumber in the dust.

Nor pain, nor grief, nor anxious fear

Invade thy bounds: no mortal woes

Can reach the forms which slumber here,

And angels watch their soft repose.

So Jesus slept! God’s dying Son

Passed through the grave and blessed the bed:

Rest here, dear saint, till from His throne

The morning break and pierce the shade!

Break from His throne, illustrious morn!