The Slumber of King Solomon
The house is all of sandal-wood
And boughs of Lebanon,
The chamber is of beaten 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 armour,
Brighter than spear or sword.
Four Angels guard the dreaming King,
Four Angels of the Lord.
Four Angels at the four corners.
And burning over head
The Glory of God, the great Glory
That never shall be said.
Sleep well, sleep well. King Solomon,
For He that guardeth thee.
He neither slumbers, nay, nor sleeps.
Through all eternity.
With thirty horsemen to the left
And thirty to the right.
Sleep well, sleep well, King Solomon,
Sleep through the eternal night.
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