Meter: 8.8.8.8Appears in 99 hymnalsTune Sources: Sarum plainsong, c. 9th cent., mode IVTune Key: E Flat MajorIncipit: 31355 64556 45432 Used With Text: Creator of the Stars of Night
Meter: 7.7.7.7 DAppears in 260 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Joseph ParryTune Key: d minorIncipit: 11234 53213 21712 Used With Text: Watchman, Tell Us of the Night
Meter: 8.7.8.7 DAppears in 279 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Thomas J. Williams, 1869-1944; Richard W. Hillert, b. 1923Tune Key: f minorIncipit: 11232 12234 3215 Used With Text: Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow
Meter: 8.6.8.6 with refrainAppears in 128 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Winfield S. WeedenTune Key: E Flat MajorIncipit: 51112 33345 55655 Used With Text: Sunlight
Meter: 7.7.7.7 DAppears in 654 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: George J. ElveyTune Key: F MajorIncipit: 33531 23335 31233 Used With Text: Watchman, Tell Us of the Night
Meter: 8.7.8.7Appears in 44 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Martin Shaw, 1875-1958Tune Key: A MajorIncipit: 34556 71723 2165 Used With Text: Through the night of doubt and sorrow
Meter: 8.8.8.8Appears in 225 hymnalsTune Sources: Leipzig, 1625, modern formTune Key: G MajorIncipit: 11161 27667 12567 Used With Text: Creator of the stars of night
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7Appears in 219 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Nicolaus Decius, c. 1485-after 1546; Joseph Herl, b. 1959Tune Key: G MajorIncipit: 13454 32333 23421 Used With Text: Across the Sky the Shades of Night
Meter: 7.7.7.7Appears in 194 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Justin H. KnechtTune Key: G MajorIncipit: 32135 43671 27654 Used With Text: Now the Shades of Night are Gone
Meter: 8.8.8.8Appears in 1,961 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: L. BourgeoisTune Key: G MajorIncipit: 11765 12333 32143 Used With Text: Creator of the starry height