When I Shall Fall Asleep

Some day the sun of life will set

And I shall fall asleep

And

leav­ing all that I hold dear

Will find the si­lence deep:

That mys­te­ry which

still un­solved

God and His an­gels know

And those who walk the crys­tal streams

Where heav’n­ly breez­es blow

Where grief nor sor­row ev­er come

Nor trou­ble’s bil­lows sweep;

Some day the Reap­er will appear

And I shall fall asleep.

Some day the cares of life will cease

And I shall fall asleep

And

pass­ing from you

I shall see

Afar the gold­en street

And saint­ed forms of those who dwell

Upon the oth­er shore

Behold the loves ones who from us

Awhile have gone be­fore;

Where soft and cool­ing path­ways lie

Where none shall ev­er weep—

Some day the hour for me will come

And I shall fall asleep.

Some day my work will all be done

And I shall fall asleep

But O what joy to know that I

Shall wake to nev­er weep!

For where I go we know that God

Has pro­mised per­fect rest

And peace for ev­ery ach­ing heart

And ev­ery trou­bled breast;

And love more last­ing than our own

He’ll give to me to keep

When all my bur­dens are laid down

And I have gone to sleep.