Hymn
The Farewell
Ye golden lamps of heav’n! farewell,
With all your feeble light;
Farewell, thou ever-changing moon,
Pale empress of the night!
And thou refulgent orb of day,
In brighter flames array’d;
My soul, that springs beyond thy sphere
No more demands thine aid.
Ye stars are but the shining dust,
Of my divine abode;
The pavement of those heavenly courts,
Where I shall reign with God.
The Father of eternal light
Shall there His beams display;
Nor shall one moment’s darkness mix
With that unvaried day.
No more the drops of piercing grief,
Shall swell into my eyes;
Nor the meridian sun decline
Amid those brighter skies.
There all the millions of His saints
Shall in one song unite,
And each the bliss of all shall view,
With infinite delight.
The Farewell — Text from Gospel Praise Book, 1885. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-farewell
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote The Farewell?
The words of The Farewell were written by Philip Doddridge; the version here was published in 1885. The library holds 55 more hymns by Philip Doddridge, including Now Is the Day of Salvation and Behold the amazing sight.
Is The Farewell public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Gospel Praise Book, published in 1885. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of The Farewell?
The Farewell is in Common Metre (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, For a Public Fast, Pardoning Love and Through All the Changing Scenes of Life.