He rested on the seventh day from all His work.
Genesis 2:2
Words & Music: Maizie Blaikie, in The Junior Star, edited by M. G. Canfield (Boston, Massachusetts: Mary Grace Canfield, 1898) (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Blaikie (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Happy little children,
Wide awake all day,
Light soon goes and night comes,
Sleepy then are they.
Close the dear eyes gently,
Close the tired eyes;
Sleep, sleep sweetly,
Till the morn says, Rise.
Lily bulbs and butterflies
All their rest must take;
But when spring calls softly,
Quickly then they wake.
So, our blessèd Jesus
Slept one Easter day,
Till the Lord’s voice called Him
To rise and live alway.