624. Go to Thy Rest, Fair Child

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.

Text Information
First Line: Go to thy rest, fair child!
Title: Go to Thy Rest, Fair Child
Author: Lydia H. Sigourney, 1791-1865
Meter: S.M. 6.6.8.6.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1972
Scripture:
Topic: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; Seasons, Days, Services: Funeral Services
Notes: I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. II Sam. 12:23.
Tune Information
Name: BURBER
Composer: John Harrison Tenney, b. 1840
Meter: S.M. 6.6.8.6.
Key: C Major
Notes: M.M. 63



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