Now the Day is Over
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m: Joseph Barnby, 1868
w: Sabine Baring-Gould, 1865

[Verse 1]
Now the day is over,
Night is drawing nigh,
Shadows of the evening,
Steal across the sky.

[Verse 2]
Now the darkness gathers,
Stars begin to peep,
Birds and beasts and flowers
Soon will be asleep.

[Verse 3]
Jesus, give the weary
Calm and sweet repose;
With Thy tenderest blessing
May mine eyelids close.

[Verse 4]
Grant to little children
Visions bright of Thee;
Guard the sailors tossing
On the deep, blue sea.

[Verse 5]
Comfort those who suffer,
Watching late in pain;
Those who plan some evil
From their sin restrain.

[Verse 6]
Through the long night watches
May Thine angels spread
Their white wings above me,
Watching round my bed.

[Verse 7]
When the morning wakens,
Then may I arise
Pure, and fresh, and sinless
In Thy holy eyes.

[Verse 8]
Glory to the Father,
Glory to the Son,
And to Thee, blest Spirit,
While all ages run.