THE NIGHT WATCHES. "I sleep, but my heart waketh." The sun is sinking in the west, The angels, ne'er weighed down with sleep, Oh! in the hour of darkness deep Now cleanse the soul from earthly soil, PEACE. "There was no more sea." Restless the waves of human passion swell But when earth, Heaven, and Hell shall pass away Then has the Lord ordained with them shall cease This angry tumult, and instead, the peace Of endless day. ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS. "He shall give his angels charge concerning thee." In the dark night, when all is still, With silent motion through the air They seek not empty homage here, The sick, the wounded in the strife, |