Text: | Now the Day Is Over |
Author: | Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834-1924 |
Tune: | MERRIAL |
Composer: | Joseph Barnby, 1838-1896 |
1 Now the day is over,
Night is drawing nigh,
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.
2 Jesus, give the weary
Calm and sweet repose;
With Thy tenderest blessing
May our eyelids close.
3 Grant to little children
Visions bright of Thee;
Guard the sailors tossing
On the deep, blue sea.
4 Comfort every sufferer
Watching late in pain;
Those who plan some evil,
From their sin restrain.
5 Through the long night watches
May Thine angels spread
Their white wings above me,
Watching round my bed.
6 When the morning wakens,
Then may I arise
Pure, and fresh, and sinless
In Thy holy eyes.
AMEN.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Now the day is over |
Title: | Now the Day Is Over |
Author: | Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834-1924 |
Meter: | 6 5 6 5 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1999 |
Topic: | Closing and Vesper Hymns |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MERRIAL |
Composer: | Joseph Barnby, 1838-1896 |
Meter: | 6 5 6 5 |
Key: | E Major |