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#46 from The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)
The duteous day now closeth
Tune
O Welt, Ich Muss Dich Lassen
Metric Index
776. 778
Key & Modality
F Major
Last uses
No previous uses
Poem Words (three verses)
1.
The duteous day now closeth,
each flower and tree reposeth,
shade creeps o'er wild and wood:
let us, as night is falling,
on God our Maker calling,
give thanks to him, the Giver good.
each flower and tree reposeth,
shade creeps o'er wild and wood:
let us, as night is falling,
on God our Maker calling,
give thanks to him, the Giver good.
2.
Now all the heavenly splendor
breaks forth in starlight tender
from myriad worlds unknown;
and man, this marvel seeing,
forget our selfish being
for joy of beauty not our own.
breaks forth in starlight tender
from myriad worlds unknown;
and man, this marvel seeing,
forget our selfish being
for joy of beauty not our own.
3.
Though long our mortal blindness
has missed God's lovingkindness
and plunged us into strife;
yet when life's day is over,
shall death's fair night discover
the fields of everlasting life.
has missed God's lovingkindness
and plunged us into strife;
yet when life's day is over,
shall death's fair night discover
the fields of everlasting life.
Hymn References
Author
Paul Gerhardt 1607-1676
Composer (melody, attr.)
Heinrich Isaac 1450?-1517
Harmonizer
Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750
Publication Date
1985
Source
Other translators also
Topic
Compline
Translator
Robert Seymour Bridges 1844-1930
Other Hymns By Tune (in Zack's Database)
#480 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / O bread of life from heaven (F Major ) [click to view]#568 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / Now rest beneath night's shadow (F Major ) [click to view]
#309 in The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal) / O Food to pilgrims given (F Major ) [click to view]
#222 in Lutheran Book of Worship / O Bread of life from heaven (G Major ) [click to view]
#276 in Lutheran Book of Worship / Now all the woods are sleeping (F Major ) [click to view]
#282 in Lutheran Book of Worship / Now rest beneath night's shadow (F Major ) [click to view]
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