The Hymnal Of The Protestant Episcopal Church In The Usa

By Various

Daily Prayer: Evening 21. The day is past and gone

S.M.

[84]Garden City:

Horatio Parker, 1893

[85]In Memoriam:

Arthur S. Sullivan (1842-1900)

John Ireland, 1792

The day is past and gone;

The evening shades appear:

O may we all remember well

The night of death draws near.

We lay our garments by,

Upon our beds to rest;

So death shall soon disrobe us all

Of what is here possest.

Lord, keep us safe this night,

Secure from all our fears;

May angels guard us while we sleep,

Till morning light appears.

Amen.