ELHB Hymn 45
Now the day is over
Sabine Baring-Gould (1865)
Hymn Text
45. Now the day is over
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1 Now the day is over,
Night is drawing nigh,
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.
Night is drawing nigh,
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.
2 Now the darkness gathers,
Stars begin to peep,
Birds, and beasts, and flowers
Soon will be asleep.
Stars begin to peep,
Birds, and beasts, and flowers
Soon will be asleep.
3 Jesus, give the weary
Calm and sweet repose,
With Thy tenderest blessing
May my eyelids close.
Calm and sweet repose,
With Thy tenderest blessing
May my eyelids close.
4 Through the long night-watches
May Thine angels spread
Their white wings above me,
Watching round my bed.
May Thine angels spread
Their white wings above me,
Watching round my bed.
5 When the morning wakens,
Then may I arise
Pure and fresh and sinless
In Thy holy eyes.
Then may I arise
Pure and fresh and sinless
In Thy holy eyes.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #45