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My Purchased Files| Text: | Softly now the light of day |
| Author: | George W. Doane |
| Tune: | MERCY |
| Arranger: | E. P. Parker |
| Composer: | Louis M. Gottschalk |
563. Softly now the light of day
1 Softly now the light of day
Fades upon our sight away;
Free from care, from labor free,
Lord, we would commune with thee.
2 Thou, whose all-pervading eye
Naught escapes, without, within,
Pardon each infirmity,
Open fault, and secret sin.
3 Soon from us the light of day
Shall forever pass away;
Then, from sin and sorrow free,
Take us, Lord, to dwell with thee.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Softly now the light of day |
| Author: | George W. Doane |
| Publication Date: | 1886 |
| Topic: | The Christian: Family Devotion |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | MERCY |
| Composer: | Louis M. Gottschalk |
| Arranger: | E. P. Parker |
| Meter: | 7s |
| Key: | B♭ Major |
| Notes: | Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: 407, 720, or 457. |
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