Now the day is over

General information

Lyricist: Sabine Baring-Gould.

Settings by composers

• Joseph Barnby
  • I SATB
  • II SATB
• Christopher Hampson SATB (vv.1-2 only)

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Sabine Baring-Gould — Now the day is over

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.