When the day of toil is done (Joseph Barnby)

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  • (Posted 2018-11-19)  CPDL #52172:         
Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2018-11-19).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 59 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Transcribed from the edition on IMSLP. Note values halved.

General Information

Title: When the day of toil is done
Composer: Joseph Barnby
Lyricist: John Ellerton

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SacredHymn   Meter: 777. 5

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1897 in Hymn Tunes, no. 107, p. 60
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Original text and translations

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1  When the day of toil is done,
When the race of life is run,
Father, grant Thy wearied one
Rest for evermore.

2  When the strife of sin is stilled,
When the foe within is killed,
Be Thy gracious word fulfilled,
"Peace for evermore."


3  When the darkness melts away
At the breaking of the day,
Bid us hail the cheering ray,
Light for evermore.

4  When the heart by sorrow tried
Feels at length its throbs subside,
Bring us, where all tears are dried,
Joy for evermore.


5  When for vanished days we yearn,
Days that never can return,
Teach us in Thy love to learn
Love for evermore.

6  When the breath of life is flown,
When the grave must claim its own,
Lord of life, be ours Thy crown,
Life for evermore.