Now, When The Dusky Shades Of Night
- Words:
- St. Gregory The Great
- Music:
- Lord Crofton
Sheet music
- 1Now, when the dusky shades of night, retreatingBefore the sun’s red banner, swiftly flee;Now, when the terrors of the dark are fleeting,O Lord, we lift our thankful hearts to Thee.To Thee, Whose word, the fount of life unsealing,When hill and dale in thickest darkness lay,Awoke bright rays across the dim earth stealing,And bade the eve and morn complete the day.
- 2Look from the height of heav’n and send to cheer usThy light and truth and guide us onward still;Still let Thy mercy, as of old, be near us,And lead us safely to Thy holy hill.So, when that morn of endless light is waking,And shades of evil from its splendors flee,Safe may we rise, this earth’s dark vale forsaking,Thru all the long bright day to dwell with Thee.
- 3Be this by Thee, O God thrice holy, granted,O Father, Son, and Spirit, ever blest;Whose glory by the heav’n and earth is chanted,Whose name by men and angels is confessed.Amen.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1853, the words are in 96 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.