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Now the Day Is Over

Verse 1

Verse 1

Verse 1

Now the day is over,

night is drawing nigh,

Shadows of the evening

steal across the sky.

Verse 2

Verse 2

Verse 2

Father, give the weary,

calm and sweet repose;

With Thy tenderest blessing

May our eyelids close.

Verse 3

Verse 3

Verse 3

Through the long night watches,

may thine angels spread

Their white wings above me,

watching round my bed.