221. Silently the shades of evening

1 Silently the shades of evening
Gather round my lowly door;
Silently they bring before me
Faces I shall see no more.

2 O the lost, the unforgotten,
Though the world be oft forgot!
O the shrouded and the lonely,
In our hearts they perish not!

3 Living in the silent hours,
Where our spirits only blend,
They, unlinked with earthly trouble,
We, still hoping for its end.

4 How such holy memories cluster,
Like the stars when storms are past,
Pointing up to that fair heaven
We may hope to gain at last.

Text Information
First Line: Silently the shades of evening
Author: Dr. C. C. Cox, 1816-1882
Language: English
Publication Date: 1917
Topic: Departed, memories of the; Heart: Saddened; The Church and the Kingdom of God: Evening
Tune Information
Name: SLINGSBY
Composer: Edmund S. Carter, 1845-
Meter: 8.7.8.7
Key: A Major



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