Now the Day is Over

Words: Sabine Baring-Gould, 1865

Music:    Joseph Barnby, 1868
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 1. Now the day is over, night is drawing nigh;
    shadows of the evening steal across the sky.

 2. Jesus, give the weary calm and sweet repose;
    With Thy tend'rest blessing may our eyelids close.

 3. Grant to little children visions bright of Thee;
    Guard the sailors tossing on the deep blue sea.

 4. Thro' the long night watches, 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.

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