Softly now the light of day

Softly now the light of day
Fades upon our sight away;
Free from care, from labor free,
Lord, we would commune with Thee!

Thou whose all pervading eye
Naught escapes, without, within,
Pardon each infirmity,
Open fault and secret sin!

Soon for us the light of day
Shall forever pass away;
Then, from sin and sorrow free,
Take us, Lord, to dwell with Thee!
     Geo. W. Doane