{"slug": "softly-now-the-light-of-day", "title": "Softly Now the Light of Day", "first_line": "Softly Now the Light of Day", "author": "george-washington-doane", "author_date": "1824", "foot": "trochaic", "meter": {"pattern": [7, 7, 7, 7], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Evening", "Devotion", "Prayer"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "George Washington Doane (1799-1859), \"Evening,\" written 1824; a standard evening hymn long paired with the tune SEYMOUR (from Weber). Text from The Cyber Hymnal. All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Soft -- ly now the light of day Fades up -- on my sight a -- way; Free from care, from la -- bor free, Lord, I would com -- mune with Thee.", "prose": ["Softly now the light of day", "Fades upon my sight away;", "Free from care, from labor free,", "Lord, I would commune with Thee."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Thou, whose all -- per -- vad -- ing eye Naught es -- capes, with -- out, with -- in, Par -- don each in -- firm -- i -- ty O -- pen fault, and se -- cret sin.", "prose": ["Thou, whose all-pervading eye", "Naught escapes, without, within,", "Pardon each infirmity,", "Open fault, and secret sin."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Soon for me the light of day Shall for -- ev -- er pass a -- way; Then, from sin and sor -- row free, Take me, Lord, to dwell with Thee.", "prose": ["Soon for me the light of day", "Shall forever pass away;", "Then, from sin and sorrow free,", "Take me, Lord, to dwell with Thee."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}