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Softly Now the Light of Day

Verse 1

Verse 1

Verse 1

Softly now the light of day

Fades upon out sight away:

Free from care, from labor free,

Lord, we would commune with Thee.

Verse 2

Verse 2

Verse 2

Thou, whose allpervading eye

Nought escapes, without, within,

Pardon each infirmity,

Open fault, and secret sin.

Verse 3

Verse 3

Verse 3

Soon from us the light of day

Shall forever pass away;

Then, from sin and sorrow free,

Take us, Lord, to dwell with Thee.