Text: | Where wilt Thou go, since night draws near? |
Author: | Johann Scheffler (Angelus Silesius) |
Translator: | Rev. August Crull |
Tune: | DUKE STREET |
Composer: | John Hatton |
1 Where wilt Thou go? since night draws near--
Say whither now? Thou Pilgrim dear;
Come, Jesus mine! be Thou my Guest,
And in my heart find welcome rest.
2 Let me entreat Thee, dearest Friend,
For truly, I the best intend:
Thou knowest that Thou ever art
A welcome Guest unto my heart.
3 The day is now far spent and gone,
It is toward ev'ning, night comes on;
O bide with me throughout this night,
And be my cheer, Thou Light of light.
4 Shine in my soul and light the way
That leads to everlasting day,
That I may never be misled,
Though sin's dread night be round me spread.
5 And when I on my death-bed lie
Help me, and let me gently die.
O stay! I will not let Thee go!
Thou wilt not leave me, Lord, I know.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Where wilt Thou go, since night draws near? |
Author: | Johann Scheffler (Angelus Silesius) (1657) |
Translator: | Rev. August Crull (1880) |
Meter: | L. M. No. 1 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1908 |
Topic: | The Church Year: Easter |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. From the German text: Wo willst du hin, weil's Abend ist |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DUKE STREET |
Composer: | John Hatton (1798) |
Meter: | L. M. No. 1 |
Key: | D Major |
Notes: | Public Domain. |