He'll see it when he wakes Lyrics

Amid the clouds of battle smoke

The sun had died away

And where the storm of battle broke

A thousand warriors lay

A band of friends upon the field

Stood round a youthful form

Who, when the war cloud's thunder pealed

Had perished in the storm

Upon his forehead, on his hair

The coming moonlight breaks

And each dear brother standing there

A tender farewell takes

But here they laid him in his home

There came a comrade near

And gave a token that had come

From her the dead held dear

A moment's doubt upon them pressed

Then one the letter takes

And lays it low upon his breast

"He'll see it when he wakes."

0 thou who dost in sorrow wait

Whose heart in anguish breaks

Though thy dear message came too late

"He'll see it when he wakes."