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Text:Evening Hymn
Author:St. Gregory

368. Evening Hymn

Source of light and life divine!
Thou didst cause the light to shine;
Thou didst bring Thy sunbeams forth
O’er Thy new-created earth.

Shade of night and morning ray
Took from Thee the name of day:
Now again the shades are nigh,
Listen to Thy children’s cry!

May we ne’er, by guilt depressed,
Lose the way to endless rest;
May no thoughts, corrupt and vain,
Draw our souls to earth again.

Rather help them still to rise
Where our dearest treasure lies;
Help us in our daily strife,
Make us struggle into life!

Text Information
First Line: Source of light and life divine!
Title: Evening Hymn
Author: St. Gregory
Meter: 7s. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1866
Notes: Public Domain.
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