Now the day is over,
Night
is drawing nigh,
Shadows
of the evening
Steal
across the sky.
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Father,
give the weary
Calm
and sweet repose;
With
Thy tenderest blessing
May
our eyelids close
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Through
the long night watches,
May
Thine angels spread
Their
white wings above me,
Watching
round my bed.