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| Text: | Now the Day Is Over |
| Author: | Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834-1924 |
| Tune: | MERRIAL |
| Composer: | Joseph Barnby, 1838-1896 |
1 Now the day is over,
Night is drawing nigh,
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.
2 Father, give the weary
Calm and sweet repose;
With Thy tend'rest blessing
May our eyelids close.
3 Through the long night watches,
May Thine angels spread
Their white wings above me,
Watching round my bed.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Now the day is over |
| Title: | Now the Day Is Over |
| Author: | Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834-1924 |
| Meter: | 6 5 6 5 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 2018 |
| Topic: | The Gospel in the Christian Life: Marking Time (Morning/Evening); Prayer of/for Protection and Guidance; Service Music: Evening (1 more...) |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | MERRIAL |
| Composer: | Joseph Barnby, 1838-1896 |
| Meter: | 6 5 6 5 |
| Key: | A Major |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
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