{"slug": "at-even-ere-the-sun-was-set", "title": "At Even, Ere the Sun Was Set", "first_line": "At even, ere the sun was set", "author": "henry-twells", "author_date": "1868", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Evening", "Healing"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Henry Twells, \"At even, ere the sun was set,\" written 1868 for the appendix to Hymns Ancient and Modern (1868). Twells d. 1900; all components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "At e -- ven, ere the sun was set, The sick, O Lord, a -- round Thee lay; O in what di -- vers pains they met! O with what joy they went a -- way!", "prose": ["At even, ere the sun was set,", "The sick, O Lord, around Thee lay;", "O in what divers pains they met!", "O with what joy they went away!"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Once more 'tis e -- ven -- tide, and we Op -- pressed with var -- ious ills draw near; What if Thy form we can -- not see? We know and feel that Thou art here.", "prose": ["Once more 'tis eventide, and we", "Oppressed with various ills draw near;", "What if Thy form we cannot see?", "We know and feel that Thou art here."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "O Sav -- ior Christ, our woes dis -- pel; For some are sick, and some are sad, And some have nev -- er loved Thee well, And some have lost the love they had;", "prose": ["O Savior Christ, our woes dispel;", "For some are sick, and some are sad,", "And some have never loved Thee well,", "And some have lost the love they had;"]}, "4": {"syllabified": "And none, O Lord, have per -- fect rest, For none are whol -- ly free from sin; And they who fain would serve Thee best Are con -- scious most of wrong with -- in.", "prose": ["And none, O Lord, have perfect rest,", "For none are wholly free from sin;", "And they who fain would serve Thee best", "Are conscious most of wrong within."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Thy touch has still its an -- cient power; No word from Thee can fruit -- less fall; Hear, in this sol -- emn eve -- ning hour, And in Thy mer -- cy heal us all.", "prose": ["Thy touch has still its ancient power;", "No word from Thee can fruitless fall;", "Hear, in this solemn evening hour,", "And in Thy mercy heal us all."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}