The day is past and over (Arthur Henry Brown)

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• (Posted 2022-05-31)  CPDL #69464:       

Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-05-31).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 45 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: The hymn with four-part harmony and underlaid words in the version published in Hymns Ancient & Modern

General Information

Title: The day is past and over
Composer: Arthur Henry Brown
Lyricist: St. Anatolius^{create page}

Translation by John Mason Neale

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn   Meter: 76. 76. 88

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella or keyboard

First published:
Description: A descant to the hymn can be found here.

External websites:

• https://embassysingers.de/scores/hymns.html

Original text and translations

English text

The day is past and over,
all thanks, O Lord, to thee;
I pray thee now that sinless
the hours of dark may be:
O Jesu, keep me in thy sight,
and guard me through the coming night.

The joys of day are over;
I lift my heart to thee,
and ask the that offenceless
the hours of dark may be:
O Jesu, keep me in thy sight,
and guard me through the coming night.

The toils of day are over;
I raise the hymn to thee,
and ask that free from peril
the hours of dark may be:
O Jesu, keep me in thy sight,
and guard me through the coming night.

Be thou my soul's preserver,
for thou alone dost know
how many are the perils
through which I have to go:
O loving Jesu, hear my call,
and guard and save me from them all.