The Army and Navy Hymnal/Hymns/Softly Now the Light of Day
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- Softly now the light of day
Fades upon my sight away;
Free from care, from labor free,
Lord, I would commune with thee. - Thou, whose all pervading eye
Naught escapes, without, within,
Pardon each infirmity,
Open fault and secret sin. - Soon, for me, the light of day
Shall for ever pass away;
Then, from sin and sorrow free,
Take me, Lord, to dwell with thee. - Thou who, sinless, yet hast known
All of man's infirmity,
Then, from thine eternal throne,
Jesus, look with pitying eye.
A-MEN.