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Go to thy rest, fair child!
Go to thy dreamless bed,
While yet so gentle, undefiled,
With blessings on thy head.
Before thy heart had learned
In waywardness to stray;
Before thy feet had ever turn’d
The dark and downward way;
Ere sin had seared the breast,
Or sorrow woke the tear;
Rise to thy throne of changeless rest,
In yon celestial sphere!
Because thy smile was fair,
Thy lip and eye so bright,
Because thy loving cradle care
Was such a dear delight;
Shall love, with weak embrace,
Thy upward wing detain?
No! gentle angel seek thy place
Amid the cherub train.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Year
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| 2005 | # 370 |
MUSIC
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Name:
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GREENWOOD
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6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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| # 205 | G | | # 588 | G |
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