{"slug": "sun-of-my-soul-thou-savior-dear", "title": "Sun of My Soul, Thou Savior Dear", "first_line": "Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear", "author": "john-keble", "author_date": "1820", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Evening", "Trust", "Abiding"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "John Keble, \"Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear\" (from the poem \"Evening\"), The Christian Year (Oxford, 1827; written 1820). Keble d. 1866; all components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Sun of my soul, Thou Sav -- ior dear, It is not night if Thou be near: O may no earth -- born cloud a -- rise To hide Thee from Thy serv -- ant's eyes.", "prose": ["Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear,", "It is not night if Thou be near:", "O may no earth-born cloud arise", "To hide Thee from Thy servant's eyes."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "When the soft dews of kind -- ly sleep My wea -- ried eye -- lids gent -- ly steep, Be my last thought, how sweet to rest For -- ev -- er on my Sav -- ior's breast.", "prose": ["When the soft dews of kindly sleep", "My wearied eyelids gently steep,", "Be my last thought, how sweet to rest", "Forever on my Savior's breast."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "A -- bide with me from morn till eve, For with -- out Thee I can -- not live; A -- bide with me when night is nigh, For with -- out Thee I dare not die.", "prose": ["Abide with me from morn till eve,", "For without Thee I cannot live;", "Abide with me when night is nigh,", "For without Thee I dare not die."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Watch by the sick; en -- rich the poor With bless -- ings from Thy bound -- less store; Be ev -- ery mourn -- er's sleep to -- night Like in -- fant's slum -- bers, pure and light.", "prose": ["Watch by the sick; enrich the poor", "With blessings from Thy boundless store;", "Be every mourner's sleep tonight", "Like infant's slumbers, pure and light."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Come near and bless us when we wake, Ere through the world our way we take; Till in the o -- cean of Thy love We lose our -- selves in heav'n a -- bove.", "prose": ["Come near and bless us when we wake,", "Ere through the world our way we take;", "Till in the ocean of Thy love", "We lose ourselves in heaven above."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}