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Christ in Song 740

Gone to Rest

Words: E. J. CawstonMusic: E. J. Cawston

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1Yes, they've passed sweet-ly, still-ing, fol-low, And peace is their 'tis rest;
When the morn shall dawn, they'll rise a-gain, And be for-ev-er blessed.
In the vale of qui-et sleep-ing, No sor-row can mo-lest.

RefrainGone to rest, gone to rest, Gone to rest in the val-ley;
Gone to rest, gone to rest, They are rest-ing in the val-ley.

2Je-sus calls His faithful ones to sleep, They need not watch or weep;
In the morn-ing of the res-ur-rec-tion, They'll wake from slum-ber deep.
In the vale of qui-et sleep-ing, No sor-row can mo-lest.

3Rest, sweet souls! Let no pil-grim-age done; no bless-ed;
Bask in the new heav-en-ly Je-ru-sa-lem, Rest from toil and strife and care.
In the vale of qui-et sleep-ing, No sor-row can mo-lest.

Copyright 1900 by F. E. Belden

The verse

Meter
15.15.14
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 43% of beats fit
Rhyme
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Verse 1

Yes, they've passed sweet-ly, still-ing, fol-low, And peace is their 'tis rest;////˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘//15A
When the morn shall dawn, they'll rise a-gain, And be for-ev-er blessed./˘/˘///˘/˘˘˘/˘/15A
In the vale of qui-et sleep-ing, No sor-row can mo-lest.˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/14A

Verse 2

Je-sus calls His faithful ones to sleep, They need not watch or weep;/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/15A
In the morn-ing of the res-ur-rec-tion, They'll wake from slum-ber deep.˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/16A
In the vale of qui-et sleep-ing, No sor-row can mo-lest.˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/14B

Verse 3

Rest, sweet souls! Let no pil-grim-age done; no bless-ed;////˘/˘˘/˘/11A
Bask in the new heav-en-ly Je-ru-sa-lem, Rest from toil and strife and care./˘˘//˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/18B
In the vale of qui-et sleep-ing, No sor-row can mo-lest.˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/14A

Refrain

Gone to rest, gone to rest, Gone to rest in the val-ley;/˘//˘//˘/˘˘/˘13A
Gone to rest, gone to rest, They are rest-ing in the val-ley./˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘14A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.