Softly Now The Light Of Day
- Words:
- George W. Doane
- Music:
- Carl M Von Weber
Sheet music
- 1Softly now the light of dayFades upon my sight away;Free from care, from labor free,Lord we would commune with Thee!Thou, whose all pervading eyeNaught escapes, without, within,Pardon each infirmity,Open fault and secret sin!
- 2Soon for us the light of dayShall forever pass away;Then from sin and sorrow free,Take us, Lord, to dwell with Thee!
In the hymnals
- Written in 1824, the words are in 930 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
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