Hymns Supplied Through the Gracious Generosity
of the Cyber Hymnal Website
Words: Emma C. Hart Willard. She may have written these words as early as 1830; they appeared in Henry Ward Beecher's Plymouth Collection in 1855.
Music: Joseph Phillip Knight (1812-1887) |
Rocked in the cradle of the deep,
I lay me down in peace to sleep;
Secure I rest upon the wave,
For Thou, O Lord, hast power to save.
I know Thou wilt not slight my call,
For Thou dost mark the sparrow's fall.
Refrain
And calm and peaceful is my sleep,
Rocked in the cradle of the deep;
And calm and peaceful is my sleep,
Rocked in the cradle of the deep.
And such the trust that still were mine,
Though stormy winds sweep over the brine,
Or though the tempest's fiery breath
Rouse me from sleep to wreck and death,
In ocean cave still safe with Thee,
The germ of immortality.
Refrain
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