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Show THE SLCMilKK OF KINO SOLOMON. M. F. R. In the Independent The house Is all of sandal-wood And boughs of Lebanon, The chamber U of beafc-n gold Where sleeps King Solomon. With thirty horsemen to the left And thirty to the right. Upon their mighty horses set To guard him from the night. They watch as silent as the moon, Drawn sword and gathered rein; They will not stir till Solomon Shall rise and move again. And whiter than their white armor, Ilrtghter than !ear or nwurd. Four nngels guard the dreaming king, four angels of the Lord. Four auger at the tour corners, And burning, over head The glory of (jod. the grvnt glory Thai never shall be said. . Sleep Well. Sleep Well, King Solomon, For He that guanleth thee. He neither slumber. 5 nor sleeps, Through nil eternity, y Sleep well, sleii) welk Ring Solomon, LuMied sort in silk and hard ; Fur the imfrot and the archangels Ave both thy body guard. With thirty horsemen to thu left And thirty to the right, Sleep well, Hleep well, King Solomon, Through the otenml night. |