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When slumber seals our weary eyes On dreaming

John Newton printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book II, no. 98, under Isaiah 29:8.

WRITTEN BY

John Newton 1725–1807

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 98

METRE

Long Metre 8.8.8.8 · 8 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Isaiah 29:8 the verse printed above it

The hymn

The words as Newton printed them, 32 lines.

Where Newton found it

Newton printed the hymn under Isaiah 29:8. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion. ISAIAH 29:8 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ ISAIAH 29

What schemes we form, what pains we take! We fight, we run, we fly, we fall; But all is ended when we wake, We scarcely then a trace recall. STANZA IV

Its place in the book

Book II of the hymn book, “On occasional subjects”, holds these hymns in this order: 100 hymns. This is number 98. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 98 · JOHN NEWTON · THIS HYMN When slumber seals our weary eyes

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