The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6238

6238. Softly Now the Light of Day

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

2. Thou, whose all pervading eye
Naught escapes, without, within,
Pardon each infirmity,
Open fault, and secret sin.

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

4. Thou who, sinless, yet hast known
All of man’s infirmity;
Then, from Thine eternal throne,
Jesus, look with pitying eye.

Text Information

• First Line: Softly now the light of day
• Title: Softly Now the Light of Day
• Author: George W. Doane (1824)
• Meter: 77.77
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: MERCY, Louis M. Gottschalk, 1867

Tune Information

• Name: SEYMOUR
• Composer: Carl Maria von Weber (1826)
• Meter: 77.77
• Incipit: 32436 53233 33471
• Key: F Major
• Source: From the op­era Ober­on, by Carl M. von We­ber, 1826
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Hen­ry W. Great­or­ex pub­lished it as a hymn tune in 1851.