Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EVENING, by GEORGE WASHINGTON DOANE Poet's Biography First Line: Softly now the light of day Last Line: Jesus, look with pitying eye. Variant Title(s): Evening Hymn;evening Contemplation Subject(s): Evening; Religion; Sunset; Twilight; Theology | ||||||||
SOFTLY now the light of day Fades upon my sight away; Free from care, from labor free, Lord, I would commune with Thee: Thou, whose all-pervading eye, Naught escapes, without, within, Pardon each infirmity, Open fault and secret sin. Soon, for me, the light of day Shall forever pass away; Then, from sin and sorrow free, Take me, Lord, to dwell with Thee: Thou, who, sinless, yet hast known All of man's infirmity; Then from Thine eternal throne, Jesus, look with pitying eye. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY |
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