• Lie you down, child, ride the night
    On wings of dreams of homeward flight.
    Rest you now, child, peaceful dark.
    Know that here you’ve left your mark.

    Battles won, child, many scars.
    Break, now, from the earthly bars.
    The end is come, child, healing, take
    With you in your honor’s wake.

    Light beyond, child, glory-pearls;
    Riches far above the world’s.
    Golden roads, child, wait your come.
    See the place that love comes from.

    Rise you up, child, see the grace:
    A sight to take your breath away.
    All the way, child, every step,
    He has been there as your help.

    And as we stand on shifting earth
    To see again what life is worth,
    Watch us from above the stars
    Until we break our earthly bars.

    May we cry, child, for the loss?
    But then remember of the cross.
    Loss is gain, child, years are few.
    But Father waits to welcome you.

    ~**~