Text:Softly now the light of day
Tune:HOLLY
Composer:Geo. Hews

191. Softly now the light of day

1 Softy now the light of day,
Fades upon my sight away;
Free from care, from labor free,
Lord I would commune with Thee.

2 Soon for me the light of day
Shall forever pass away;
Then from sin, and sorrow free,
Take me, Lord, to dwell with Thee.

Text Information
First Line: Softly now the light of day
Publication Date: 1865
Notes: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: HOLLY
Composer: Geo. Hews
Meter: 7s
Key: E♭ Major



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