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Text:Now That the Daylight Dies Away
Author (attributed to):Ambrose of Milan
Translator (from Latin):John H. Newman
Tune:ST. FLAVIAN
Composer:Anonymous
Media:MIDI file

4620. Now That the Daylight Dies Away

1. Now that the daylight dies away,
By all Thy grace and love,
Thee, Maker of the world, we pray
To watch our bed above.

2. Let dreams depart and phantoms fly,
The offspring of the night,
Keep us, like shrines, beneath Thine eye,
Pure in our foe’s despite.

3. This grace on Thy redeemed confer,
Father, co-equal Son,
And Holy Ghost, the Comforter,
Eternal Three in One.

Text Information
First Line: Now that the daylight dies away
Title: Now That the Daylight Dies Away
Latin Title: Te lucis ante terminum
Author (attributed to): Ambrose of Milan (4th Century)
Translator (from Latin): John H. Newman
Meter: CM
Language: English
Source: Tracts for the Times, 1836
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: ST. FLAVIAN
Composer: Anonymous (1563)
Meter: CM
Incipit: 11713 22114 31233
Key: F Major
Source: Day’s Psalt­er, 1563
Copyright: Public Domain



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