1819 - 1851 Person Name: Sarah E. W. York Hymnal Number: d152 Author of "I'm weary of straying [sighing] O fain would [when shall] I rest" in The Social Harp York, Sarah Emily, née Waldo, an American writer, was b. in 1819, and d. in 1851. Her Memoir was published by Mrs. Medberry in 1853. Her hymn, "I'm weary of straying, O fain would I rest" (Rest desired), appeared in the Reformed Dutch Psalms & Hymns, 1847.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
Sarah Emily York