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Softly Now the Light of Day
Softly Now the Light of Day
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.
Sung to
- SEYMOUR — Carl Maria von Weber · 7.7.7.7
- AUS DER TIEFE — Martin Herbst · 7.7.7.7
- MOZART — W. A. Mozart · 7.7.7.7
- MÜDE BIN ICH, GEH ZUR RUH — German · 7.7.7.7
- ORIENTIS PARTIBUS — French, 13th century · 7.7.7.7
Same meter but needs editorial underlay: MONKLAND, NUN KOMM, DER HEIDEN HEILAND, SONG 13.
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- Topics Evening, Devotion, Prayer
- Public domain published before 1931
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