The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6070

6070. Silently the Shades of Evening

1. Silently the shades of evening
Gather round my lowly door;
Silently they bring before me
Faces I shall see no more.

2. O the lost, the unforgotten,
Though the world be oft forgot!
O the shrouded and the lonely,
In our hearts they perish not!

3. Living in the silent hours,
Where our spirits only blend,
They, unlinked with earthly trouble,
We, still hoping for its end.

4. How such holy memories cluster,
Like the stars when storms are past,
Pointing up to that fair heaven,
We may hope to gain at last.

Text Information

• First Line: Silently the shades of evening
• Title: Silently the Shades of Evening
• Author: Christopher C. Cox (1847)
• Meter: 87.87
• Language: English
• Source: Woodworth's Cabinet, 1847
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: STOCKWELL
• Composer: Darius Eliot Jones (1850)
• Meter: 87.87
• Incipit: 15517 12171 32432
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: New Car­mi­na Sac­ra, by Low­ell Ma­son, 1850
• Copyright: Public Domain