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48. Now The Day Is Over

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 tend'rest 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 ev'ry suff'rer
Watching late in pain;
Those who plan some evil
From their sins 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.

Text Information
First Line: Now the day is over
Title: Now The Day Is Over
Author: Sabine Baring-Gould (1865)
Meter: 6,5,6,5
Language: English
Publication Date: 1927
Topic: Morning and Evening
Tune Information
Name: [Now the day is over]
Composer: Joseph Barnby (1868)
Meter: 6,5,6,5
Key: A♭ Major



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