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Catharine H. Esling › Texts

Short Name: Catharine H. Esling
Full Name: Esling, Catharine H. (Catharine Harbison), 1812-
Birth Year: 1812
Death Year: 1897

Esling, Catherine H., née Watterman, was born in 1812, and married in 1840 to George J. Esling, of Philadelphia. Her poems were collected and published in 1850 as The Broken Bracelet, and other Poems. She is widely known as the author of "Come unto Me, when shadows darkly gather" (Invitation), which appeared in the Christian Keepsake annual, 1839, in 9 stanzas of 4 lines. It is usually given in an abbreviated form. Mrs. Esling is a member of the American Protestant Episcopal Church. (Nutter, 1884, p. 253.)

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)


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Texts by Catharine H. Esling (4)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Come sons of Columbia, while proudly and highMrs. C. H. Waterman (Author)1
Come unto me when shadows darkly gatherMrs. Catherine H. Esling (Author)English171
Father, a weary heart hath come to Thee for peaceCatherine Harbison Waterman Esling (Author)English5
Wenye mizigo njooniCatherine Harbison Waterman Esling (Author)Swahili2
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