159
Now the Day Is Over
31243, Hymns, Now the Day Is Over, no. 159
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.
Text: Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834-1924
Music: Joseph Barnby, 1838-1896