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Text:Softly now the light of day
Author:G. W. Doane
Tune:EVENING
Composer:C. M. von Weber

13. Softly now the light of day

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
First Line: Softly now the light of day
Author: G. W. Doane
Language: English
Publication Date: 1920
Topic: Daily Prayer: Evening
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: EVENING
Composer: C. M. von Weber
Meter: 7.7.7.7.
Key: F Major or modal
Notes: Public Domain.



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