Now the Day Is Over

 


Lyrics

  1. 1. Now the day is over;

    Night is drawing nigh;

    Shadows of the evening

    Steal across the sky.

  2. 2. Jesus, give the weary

    Calm and sweet repose;

    With thy tend’rest blessing

    May our eyelids close.

Text: Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834–1924

Music: Joseph Barnby, 1838–1896