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Text:Again, as evening's shadow falls
Author:Rev. Samuel Longfellow

22. Again, as evening's shadow falls

1. Again, as evening's shadow falls,
We gather in these hallowed walls;
And vesper hymn and vesper prayer
Rise mingling on the holy air.

2. May struggling hearts that seek release
Here find the rest of God's own peace;
And, strengthened here by hymn and prayer,
Lay down the burden and the care.

3. O God, our Light, to Thee we bow;
Within all shadows standest Thou;
Give deeper calm than night can bring;
Give sweeter songs than lips can sing.

4. Life's tumult we must meet again;
We cannot at the shrine remain;
But in the spirit's secret cell
May hymn and prayer for ever dwell.

Amen.

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First Line: Again, as evening's shadow falls
Author: Rev. Samuel Longfellow (1859)
Publication Date: 1895
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