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A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Songs #370
Display Title: Go to thy rest, fair child First Line: Go to thy rest, fair child Date: 1882
A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Songs #370
1 Go to thy rest, fair child!
Go to thy dreamless bed,
While yet so gentle, undefiled,
With blessings on thy head.
2 Before thy heart had learned
In waywardness to stray;
Before thy feet had ever turned
The dark and downward way;
3 Ere sin has seared the breast,
Or sorrow woke the tear;
Rise to thy throne of changeless rest,
In yon celestial sphere!
4 Because thy smile was fair,
Thy lip and eye so bright,
Because thy loving cradle-care
Was such a dear delight;
5 Shall love, with weak embrace,
Thy upward wing detain?
No! gentle spirit, seek thy place
Amid the cherub train.
Source: The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #624
First Line: | Go to thy rest, my child |
Title: | Farewell, Farewell |
Author: | L. H. Sigourney |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |