![]() We shall sleep but we shall waken, Jesus slept, and woke before We shall sleep and we shall waken When our silent sleep is o'er On the stillness of our slumbers Shall break forth that music deep From glad hosts in countless numbers When He wakes us from our sleep. We shall sleep, but we shall waken At the sound of that dear voice At whose murmur thrones have shaken, At whose whisper saints rejoice O'er our newly wakened vision Floods of holy light shall sweep From that morning-dawn Elysian When He wakes us from our sleep. We shall sleep but we shall waken Though the night be cold and drear, Not forgotten, not forsaken, With a dear Friend watching near Long may be the night of sadness Yet that Friend, His watch shall keep 'Till the glorious morn of gladness When He wakes us from our sleep. We shall sleep but we shall waken In the morning bright and fair, We, by sudden night o'ertaken In a land of dark despair Whatsoever may befall us Though our rest be long and deep, Jesus in the morn will call us Call us from our silent sleep. ![]() We Shall Sleep But We Shall Waken Martha Lavinia Hoffman I love sleep knowing it is politically incorrect and culturally inappropriate To say this but I love sleep not caring whether someone is going to bomb The rialto tower or the Sydney opera house I love sleep at 46 For I don't remember anything about myself or what I do I love Sleep lingering in my bed with a bit of dream here and there but nothing substantial To merit a mention I love sleep years ago in Wuhan while I was working As a lorry driver in a shipping yard I had a roommate who loved sleep The only two things he did was go to work in the factory lifting things and come Back to sleep in our three-bed room "I love sleep" he said one night as we stood On the bridge across a nameless creek that ran into the Yangtze River "for I dream of things, beautiful things that you never will see anywhere in the world" I began to know that he was an orphan that he had nowhere to go on weekends Things like that and I felt sad kind of for him and for myself I love sleep And when I do so I know I am wasting my life knowing that I am wasting my life Anyway even if I do not sleep I cherish the time immediately after I wake up For I hear the birds calling out to each other among themselves I do not hear them in sleep I become wordy soon I'll stop I love sleep I dream a little although I don't recall anything this morning I went to a friend's house to interview him he had a beautiful house that cost him nearly one million dollars off record he talked about his plan For afterwards he said he would love to lead a xianyun yehe life I shared his view although I know ours would be different For that kind of life of leisurely clouds and wild cranes I love sleep correct me if I am wrong for in sleep I am equal to anyone Without a fight
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