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...A SEA-SHORE GRAVE by SIDNEY LANIER THE LONESOME CHILD by KATHERINE MANSFIELD DEXTER GORDON: COPENHAGEN/AVERY FISHER HALL by KAREN SWENSON |