Hymns of the Christian Church.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| Greek Hymns |
| | | The Day is Past and Over |
| | | Attributed to St. Anatolius. Tr. J. M. Neale (458 A. D.) |
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| THE DAY is past and over; | |
| All thanks, O Lord, to Thee; | |
| I pray Thee now that sinless | |
| The hours of dark may be: | |
| O Jesu, keep me in Thy sight, | 5 |
| And guard me through the coming night. | |
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| The joys of day are over; | |
| I lift my heart to Thee, | |
| And ask Thee that offenceless | |
| The hours of dark may be: | 10 |
| O Jesu, keep me in Thy sight, | |
| And guard me through the coming night. | |
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| The toils of day are over: | |
| I raise the hymn to Thee | |
| And ask that free from peril | 15 |
| The hours of dark may be: | |
| O Jesu, keep me in Thy sight, | |
| And guard me through the coming night. | |
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| Be Thou my soul’s preserver, | |
| For Thou alone dost know | 20 |
| How many are the perils | |
| Through which I have to go: | |
| O loving Jesu, hear my call, | |
| And guard and save me from them all. | |
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