| Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (1838–1915). Yale Book of American Verse. 1912. |
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| George Washington Doane. 1799–1859 |
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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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