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Text:Now the day is over
Author:Sabine Baring-Gould
Tune:MERRIAL
Composer:Joseph Barnby

574b. Now the day is over

1 Now the day is over,
Night is drawing nigh,
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.

2 Now the darkness gathers,
Stars their watches keep;
Birds, and beasts, and flowers
Soon will be asleep.

3 Jesus, give the weary
Calm and sweet repose,
With Thy tenderest blessing
May our eyelids close.

4 Grant to little children
Visions bright of Thee;
Guard the sailors tossing
On the deep blue sea.

5 Through the long night-watches,
May Thine angels spread
Their white wings above me,
Watching round my bed.

6 When the morning wakens,
Then may I arise
Pure and fresh and sinless
In Thy holy eyes.

7 Glory to the Father,
Glory to the Son,
And to Thee, blest Spirit,
Whilst all ages run.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Now the day is over
Author: Sabine Baring-Gould (1865)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1917
Topic: Hymns for Children
Tune Information
Name: MERRIAL
Composer: Joseph Barnby (1868)
Meter: 6 5, 6 5
Key: A Major



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