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 Father, give the weary
Calm and sweet repose;
With Thy tend'rest blessing
May our eyelids close.
3 Through the long night watches,
May Thine angels spread
Their white wings above me,
Watching round my bed.
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: | 2018 |
Topic: | The Gospel in the Christian Life: Marking Time (Morning/Evening); Prayer of/for Protection and Guidance; Service Music: Evening(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MERRIAL |
Composer: | Joseph Barnby, 1838-1896 |
Meter: | 6 5 6 5 |
Key: | A Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |