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by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)

Sleep, little Baby, sleep
Language: English 
Sleep, little Baby, sleep, 
  The holy Angels love thee, 
And guard thy bed, and keep 
  A blessed watch above thee. 
No spirit can come near 
  Nor evil beast to harm thee;
Sleep, Sweet, devoid of fear 
  Where nothing need alarm thee. 

The Love which doth not sleep, 
  The eternal Arms around thee;
The Shepherd of the sheep 
  In perfect love has found thee. 
Sleep thro' the holy night, 
  Christ-kept from snare and sorrow, 
Until thou wake to light 
  And love and warmth to-morrow.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), "Holy innocents" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Simon Sargon (b. 1938), "Holy Innocents", 1982 [ low voice and piano ], from Bitter for Sweet, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Joel Weiss , "Sleep, little baby, sleep", 2013 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-09-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 83

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