Now the day is over
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General information
Lyricist: Sabine Baring-Gould.
Settings by composers
- Joseph Barnby
- Christopher Hampson SATB (vv.1-2 only)
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- Sabine Baring-Gould — Now the day is over
Texts and Translations
Original text and translations
English text
1 Now the day is over,
Night is drawing nigh,
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.
2 Jesus, give the weary
Calm and sweet repose;
With Thy tend'rest blessing
May our eyelids close.
3 Grant to little children
Visions bright of Thee;
Guard the sailors tossing
On the deep blue sea.
4 Comfort ev'ry suff'rer
Watching late in pain;
Those who plan some evil
From their sin restrain.
5 When the morning wakens,
Then may I arise
Pure, and fresh, and sinless
In Thy holy eyes.