My chorus is singing a musical setting of a version of this poem.
Ellen M. Huntington Gates wrote Protestant hymn lyrics;
this however appears in her collections of poetry,
and is often quoted (and mis-quoted).


SLEEP SWEET

Sleep sweet within this quiet room,
O thou! whoe'er thou art;
And let no mournful yesterday
Disturb thy peaceful heart.

Nor let tomorrow scare thy rest,
With dreams of coming ill:
Thy Maker is thy changeless Friend,
His love surrounds thee still.

Forget thyself and all the world;
Put out each feverish light;
The stars are watching overhead;
Sleep sweet, -- good night! good night!


-- page 28, The Treasures of Kurium, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1895.