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Text:Softly now the light of day
Author:G. W. Doane

58. Softly now the light of day

1 Softly now the light of day
Fades upon my sight away;
Free from care, from labor free,
Lord, I would commence with Thee.

2 Thou, Whose all-pervading eye
Naught escapes, without, within,
Pardon each infirmity,
Open fault, and secret sin.

3 Soon for m, the light of day
Shall forever 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
Publication Date: 1918
Topic: Evening
Notes: Now Public Domain. Tune: WEBER
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