Farewell, Farewell

Go to thy rest, my child

Author: L. H. Sigourney
Tune: BURBER
Published in 94 hymnals

Representative Text

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

Author: L. H. Sigourney

Sigourney, Lydia, née Huntley. This distinguished name stood at the head of the female poets of America a generation ago, and is still well remembered. Born in Norwich, Connecticut, in 1791, she conducted a school in the same town from 1809 to 1814, when she removed to Hartford, where she was married to Charles Sigourney in 1819. Most of her subsequent life was spent at Hartford, and she died there, June 10, 1865. Her first publication was Moral Pieces in Prose and Verse, 1815. This was followed by 58 additional works. A thorough exploration of these, or of such of them are poetical, would be necessary to trace her hymns with accuracy. They, however, are more numerous than important. Many have been used in the older collections; some are… Go to person page >

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First Line: Go to thy rest, my child
Title: Farewell, Farewell
Author: L. H. Sigourney
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Songs #370

A Collection of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion #d64

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns Suited to the Various Occasions of Public Worship #d99

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A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #412

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Apostolic Hymns and Songs #103a

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Bible School Echoes, and Sacred Hymns #63c

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Choral Echoes from the Church of God in All Ages #213

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Christian Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #627

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Church and Sunday School Hymnal with Supplement #177

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Church Harmonies #727

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Church Hymnal, Mennonite #622

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #622

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #d154

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Deutsches Lieder- und Melodienbuch #a65

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Evangelical Hymnal #596

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Favorite Solos #172

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Gathered Jewels #232

Gloria in Excelsis #d192

Gloria in Excelsis #d116

Gospel Songs No. 2 #d32

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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #607

Hymn Book of the Colored M.E. Church in America #d149

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #607

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Hymn Book of the United Evangelical Church #596

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Hymn-Book of the Evangelical Association #828

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #1008

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #1008

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Hymni Ecclesiae #381

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Hymns and Tunes #65

Hymns for Children and Young Persons #d139

Hymns for Mothers #d24

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Hymns for Public Worship #483

Hymns for Schools and Families #d150

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Hymns for Sunday Schools #A44

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth and Children #500

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth, and Children #500

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Hymns for the Church of Christ (3rd thousand) #764

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Hymns for the Church of Christ. (6th thousand) #764

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Hymns #985

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Hymns #985

Linden Harp #d29

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Linden Harp #45a

Mennonite Hymn Book #d101

Missionary Hymns #d29

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #410

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #410

New Starry Crown for the Sabbath School #d14

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Offices of Worship and Hymns #485

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Plymouth Collection #a1135

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Songs of Evangelism #165

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Songs of the Bible for the Sunday School #84

Songs of the Unity #d66

Sunday School Hymn Book #d119

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The American School Hymn Book #CXIV

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The American School Hymn Book. (New ed.) #CXIV

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The Baptist Harp #106

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #1135

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The Book of Worship #438

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The Brethren Hymnal #527

The Canadian Warbler #d45

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The Christian Church Hymnal #379

The Christian Hymnal #d195

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The Christian Hymnal #709

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The Christian hymnal #452

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The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #624

The Christian Hymnist #d155

The Church and School #d57

The Evangelical Hymn and Tune Book #d204

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The Evangelical Hymnal #487

The Gospel Hymnal #d173

The Message Bird #d21

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The Morning Star #103

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The New Harmonia Sacra #125b

The Praise Hymnal #469

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The Sabbath School Minstrel #87

The Sabbath School Singing Book #d16

The Saints' Harp #d290

The Saints' Hymnal #d97

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The Sunday School Liturgy. (4th ed.) #75

The Temple Harp #d100

The Union Harp and Revival Chorister. Rev ed. #d105

The Union Singing Book #d29

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The Union Singing Book #30

The Vestry Harp #d56

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The Way of Life #64

Two Hundred and Fifty-two Familiar Hymns #d57

Union Hymns. Rev. #d104

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