48   Softly Now the Light of Day




[1]
Softly now the light of day
Fades upon our sight away;
Free from care from labor free
Lord we would commune with Thee.

[2]
Thou whose all-pervading eye
Nought escapes without within
Pardon each infirmity
Open fault and secret sin.

[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.