Singing the Living Tradition ‎#45

45. Now While the Day in Trailing Splendor

1 Now while the day in trailing splendor
gives way to glories of the night,
thanksgiving to thy name we render,
O God of darkness and of light.
Each day from thee we have our being,
in all this wondrous order set;
thine omnipresence blinds our seeing,
and in thy gifts we thee forget.

2 Touch thou our eyes, their blindness healing,
till all this common earth and air
to our illumined sight and feeling
thy glory and thyself declare;
till storied marvel, sign, and token,
all pale before the nearer thought
of such vast miracles unbroken
from hour to hour around us brought.

Text Information

• First Line: Now while the day in trailing splendor
• Title: Now While the Day in Trailing Splendor
• Author: Frederick Lucian Hosmer, 1840-1929
• Meter: 9.8.9.8.D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1993
• Topic: Transcending Mystery and Wonder: Evening; The Living Tradition; Prayer and Meditation

Tune Information

• Name: LEE
• Composer: Thomas Oboe Lee, 1945-
• Meter: 9.8.9.8.D
• Key: F Major or modal
• Copyright: © 1992 Unitarian Universalist Association