Sleep, sleep today, tormenting cares

Sleep, sleep today, tormenting cares

Author: Mrs. Barbauld
Published in 35 hymnals

Author: Mrs. Barbauld

Barbauld, Anna Laetitia, née Aikin, daughter of the Rev. John Ailrin, D.D., a dissenting minister, was b. at Kibworth-Harcourt, Leicestershire, June 20, 1743. In 1753 Dr. Aikin became classical tutor at a dissenting academy at Warrington. During her residence there she contributed five hymns to Dr. W. Enfield's Hymns for Public Worship, &c, Warrington, 1772. In the following year these were included in her Poems, Lond., J. Johnson, 1773. In May, 1774, Miss Aikin was married to the Rev. Rochemont Barbauld, a descendant of a French Protestant family, and a dissenting minister. For some years Mr. Barbauld conducted, in addition to his pastoral work, a boarding school at Palgrave, Suffolk. From this he retired in 1785. In 1786 he undertook t… Go to person page >

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First Line: Sleep, sleep today, tormenting cares
Author: Mrs. Barbauld
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy #654

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Christian Church and Home #3

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #23

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (10th ed.) #23

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) #23

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (3rd ed.) #23

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #23

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. 16th ed. #23

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Social and Private Worship #VI

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #89

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship (Rev. ed. with supplement) #89

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #26

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #26

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #26

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Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship #11

Hymns for Children and Young Persons #d362

Hymns for Public Worship Part II, for the Use of the Church in Brattle Street #d18

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Hymns for the Church of Christ (3rd thousand) #86

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Hymns for the Church of Christ. (6th thousand) #86

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Hymns for the Sanctuary #53

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Hymns of the Ages (3rd series) #305a

Hymns, Collects, Anthems and Selections #d118

Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of the Unitarian Church in Washington #d125

Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #d376

The Chapel Hymn Book (4th ed.) #d308

The Chapel Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d303

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The Disciples' Hymn Book #63

The Saints' Harp #d759

The Universalist Hymn Book #d397

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The Universalist Hymn-Book #35

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