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Hymn

Softly Now the Light of Day

MOZART · 7.7.7.7 · words George Washington Doane · music W. A. Mozart

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1.Softly now the light of day
Fades upon my sight away;
Free from care, from labor free,
Lord, I would commune with Thee.

2.Thou, whose all-pervading eye
Naught escapes, without, within,
Pardon each infirmity,
Open fault, and secret sin.

3.Soon for me the light of day
Shall forever pass away;
Then, from sin and sorrow free,
Take me, Lord, to dwell with Thee.

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Same meter but needs editorial underlay: MONKLAND, NUN KOMM, DER HEIDEN HEILAND, SONG 13.

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