Text: | Softly now the light of day |
Author: | G. W. Doane |
Tune: | EVENING |
Composer: | C. M. von Weber |
1 Softly now the light of day
Fades upon my sight away;
Free from care, from labour free,
Lord, I would commune with Thee.
2 Thou, Whose all-pervading eye
Naught escapes, without, within,
Pardon each infirmity,
Open fault, and secret sin.
3 Soon, for me, the light of day
Shall for ever pass away;
Then, from sin and sorrow free,
Take me, Lord, to dwell with Thee.
4 Thou, Who, sinless, yet hast known
All of man's infirmity;
Then, from Thine eternal throne,
Jesus, look with pitying eye.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Softly now the light of day |
Author: | G. W. Doane |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1920 |
Topic: | Daily Prayer: Evening |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | EVENING |
Composer: | C. M. von Weber |
Meter: | 7.7.7.7. |
Key: | F Major or modal |