Song of the Shepherds

By the qui­et wa­ters flow­ing

In the bound­less pas­tures green

Rest we

as the day­light go­ing

Leaves a gloom up­on the scene.

Silently our watch­es keep­ing

Thro’ the shades of ev­en­tide

O’er the flocks now still and sleep­ing

Undisturbed and sa­tis­fied.

Sleep

gent­ly sleep

Sleep gent­ly sleep.

One by one the stars ap­pear­ing

In their nev­er end­ing flight

Tell us of the morn­ing near­ing

And il­lu­min­ate the night.

As we watch them come un­ceas­ing

One re­mains to grace the skies;

So we look with faith in­creas­ing

For the Star of Hope to rise.