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Text:The Day is Past and Gone
Translator:William John Blew
Tune:SUNSET
Composer:S. M. Bixby

41. The Day is Past and Gone

1 The day is past and gone;
Great God, we bow to Thee;
Again, as shades of night steal on,
Unto Thy side we flee.

2 Oh, when shall that day come,
Ne’er sinking in the west,
That country and that happy home,
Where none shall break our rest.

3 Where we, preserved beneath
The shelter of Thy wing,
Forevermore Thy praise shall breathe,
And of Thy mercy sing.

Text Information
First Line: The day is past and gone
Title: The Day is Past and Gone
Translator: William John Blew (1849)
Meter: S. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1901
Topic: Evening
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: SUNSET
Composer: S. M. Bixby
Meter: S. M.
Notes: Public Domain.



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