A Night Hymn

Now let the darkness put to flight the shine of daytime's light,

And let our weary bodies keep the rule of night and sleep.

 

Now let the falling evening shade be in our eyes displayed,

And let those eyes then close for rest so we might live our best.

 

Now let the blackness of the sky lift up our souls on high,

And let those souls be thrilled and awed in nearness to our God.

 

Now let us rest until we know the spark of daytime's glow,

And let rested bodies rise to live as God's own prize.

 

 

TEXT: Charles Spence Freeman, November 2022.

MUSIC: Suggested tune TALLIS' ORDINAL, Thomas Tallis, c.1567, alt.

 

 

A hymn for night and going to sleep.