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| Text: | Softly now the light of day |
| Author: | George W. Doane |
| Tune: | HOLLEY |
| Composer: | George Hews |
1 Softly now the light of day
Fades upon my sight away;
Free from care, from labor free,
Lord, I would commune with Thee.
2 Thou, whose all-pervading eye
Nought escapes without, within,
Pardon each infirmity,
Open fault, and secret sin.
3 Thou who, sinless, yet hast known
All of man's infirmity;
Then, from Thine eternal throne,
Jesus, look with pitying eye.
4 Soon, for me, the light of day
Shall forever pass away;
Then, from sin and sorrow free,
Take me, Lord, to dwell with Thee.
Amen.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Softly now the light of day |
| Author: | George W. Doane (1824) |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1899 |
| Topic: | Communion: With God; Evening |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HOLLEY |
| Composer: | George Hews |
| Meter: | 7s. |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |
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