Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (18381915). Yale Book of American Verse. 1912. |
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George Washington Doane. 17991859 |
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31. Evening
Psalm CXLI. 2 |
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SOFTLY now the light of day | |
Fades upon my sight away; | |
Free from care, from labor free, | |
Lord, I would commune with Thee: | |
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Thou, whose all-pervading eye | 5 |
Naught escapes, without, within, | |
Pardon each infirmity, | |
Open fault, and secret sin. | |
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Soon, for me, the light of day | |
Shall for ever pass away; | 10 |
Then, from sin and sorrow free, | |
Take me, Lord, to dwell with Thee: | |
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Thou, who, sinless, yet hast known | |
All of man's infirmity; | |
Then, from Thine eternal throne, | 15 |
Jesus, look with pitying eye. | |
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