Text: | Now the Day Is Over |
Author: | Sabine Baring-Gould |
Tune: | MERRIAL |
Composer: | Joseph Barnby |
1 Now the day is over,
Night is drawing nigh,
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.
2 Now the darkness gathers,
Stars begin to peep;
Birds and beasts, and flowers
Soon will be asleep.
3 Jesus, give the weary
Calm and sweet repose;
With Thy tenderest blessing
May mine eyelids close.
4 Through the long night-watches,
May Thine angels spread
Their white wings above me,
Watching round my bed.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Now the day is over |
Title: | Now the Day Is Over |
Author: | Sabine Baring-Gould (1865) |
Meter: | 6 5, 6 5. |
Publication Date: | 1937 |
Topic: | Family Life: Prayers; Evening |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MERRIAL |
Composer: | Joseph Barnby (1868) |
Meter: | 6 5, 6 5. |
Key: | A Major |
Notes: | Second Tune |