The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4620

4620. Now That the Daylight Dies Away

1. Now that the daylight dies away,
By all Thy grace and love,
Thee, Maker of the world, we pray
To watch our bed above.

2. Let dreams depart and phantoms fly,
The offspring of the night,
Keep us, like shrines, beneath Thine eye,
Pure in our foe’s despite.

3. This grace on Thy redeemed confer,
Father, co-equal Son,
And Holy Ghost, the Comforter,
Eternal Three in One.

Text Information

• First Line: Now that the daylight dies away
• Title: Now That the Daylight Dies Away
• Latin Title: Te lucis ante terminum
• Author (attributed to): Ambrose of Milan (4th Century)
• Translator (from Latin): John H. Newman
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Tracts for the Times, 1836
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ST. FLAVIAN
• Composer: Anonymous (1563)
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 11713 22114 31233
• Key: F Major
• Source: Day’s Psalt­er, 1563
• Copyright: Public Domain