The day is past and over (Joseph Barnby)

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• (Posted 2018-11-18)  CPDL #52163:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2018-11-18).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 56 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from the edition on IMSLP. Note values halved.

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Title: The day is past and over
Composer: Joseph Barnby
Lyricist: John Mason Neale

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

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1897 in Hymn Tunes, no. 101, p. 56
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Original text and translations

English text

1  The day is past and over,
all thanks, O Lord, to thee!
We pray thee that offenseless
the hours of dark may be.
O Jesu, keep us in thy sight,
and guard us through the coming night.

2  The joys of day are over;
we lift our hearts to thee,
and call on thee that sinless
the hours of dark may be.
O Jesu, make their darkness light,
and guard us through the coming night.

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

4  Be thou our souls' preserver,
O God, for thou dost know
how many are the perils
through which we have to go.
Lord Jesus Christ, O hear our call,
and guard and save us from them all.