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Night

When the day declineth

Author: Thoro Harris
Tune: [When the day declineth]
Published in 1 hymnal

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 When the day declineth
Over wood and plain,
When the last beam shineth,
Night returns again.

2 Darkness gathers round us,
Shadows softly creep;
Soon the little children
Will be fast asleep.

3 Peaceful like this gloaming
May life’s evening be,
Ush’ring in the twilight
Of eternity.

Source: Songs of Summerland #69

Author: Thoro Harris

Born: March 31, 1874, Washington, DC. Died: March 27, 1955, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Buried: International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. After attending college in Battle Creek, Michigan, Harris produced his first hymnal in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of Peter Bilhorn, and in 1932, to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He composed and compiled a number of works, and was well known locally as he walked around with a canvas bag full of handbooks for sale. His works include: Light and Life Songs, with William Olmstead & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: S. K. J. Chesbro, 1904) Little Branches, with George J. Meyer & Howard E. Smith (Chicago, Illi… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: When the day declineth
Title: Night
Author: Thoro Harris
Language: English
Publication Date: 1943
Copyright: This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1943.

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Songs of Summerland #69

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