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Text: | Again, As Evening's Shadow Falls |
Author: | Samuel Longfellow, 1819-1892 |
Tune: | ABENDS |
Composer: | Herbert S. Oakeley, 1830-1903 |
1 Again, as evening’s shadow falls,
We gather in these hallowed walls;
And vesper hymn and vesper prayer
Rise mingling on the holy air.
2 May struggling hearts that seek release
Here find the rest of God’s own peace;
And, strengthened here by hymn and prayer,
Lay down the burden and the care.
3 O God, our light! to Thee we bow;
Within all shadows standest Thou;
Give deeper calm than night can bring;
Give sweeter songs than lips can sing.
4 Life’s tumult we must meet again,
We cannot at the shrine remain;
But in the spirit’s secret cell
May hymn and prayer forever dwell.
AMEN.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Again, as evening's shadow falls |
Title: | Again, As Evening's Shadow Falls |
Author: | Samuel Longfellow, 1819-1892 |
Meter: | L. M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1999 |
Topic: | Closing and Vesper Hymns |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ABENDS |
Composer: | Herbert S. Oakeley, 1830-1903 |
Meter: | L. M. |
Key: | A♭ Major |