SDA Hymnal 52
Now the Day Is Over
Words: [unclear]Music: [unclear]Tune: [unclear]4/4
1Now the day is over,
Night is drawing nigh,
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.
2Father, give the weary
Calm and sweet repose;
With Thy tenderest blessing
May our eyelids close.
3Through the long night watches
May Thine angels spread
Their white wings above me,
Watching round my bed.
- Words
- [unclear]
- Music
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- Tune
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- Also sung to
- Eudoxia (Church Hymnal #52)
- Meter
- 4/4
The verse
- Meter
- 6.5.6.5
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 63% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCB
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Verse 1
Now the day is over,/˘/˘/˘6A
Night is drawing nigh,/˘/˘/5B
Shadows of the evening//˘˘/˘6C
Steal across the sky./˘/˘/5B
Verse 2
Father, give the weary/˘/˘/˘6A
Calm and sweet repose;/˘/˘/5B
With Thy tenderest blessing˘//˘˘/˘7C
May our eyelids close.˘/˘///6D
Verse 3
Through the long night watches/˘///˘6A
May Thine angels spread˘//˘/5B
Their white wings above me,˘//˘/˘6C
Watching round my bed./˘/˘/5B
Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.