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Now the Day Is Over
Verse 1
Now the day is over,
Night is drawing nigh,
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.
Night is drawing nigh,
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.
Verse 2
Father, give the weary,
Calm and sweet repose;
With Thy tenderest blessing
May our eyelids close.
Calm and sweet repose;
With Thy tenderest blessing
May our eyelids close.
Verse 3
Through the long night watches,
My thine angels spread
Their white wings above me,
Watching round my bed.
My thine angels spread
Their white wings above me,
Watching round my bed.
A peaceful evening hymn pairing Baring-Gould's gentle text with Barnby's soothing musical composition.