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Hymns of the Christian Church.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

Attributed to St. Anatolius. Tr. J. M. Neale458 A. D.

Attributed to St. Anatolius. Tr. J. M. Neale458 A. D.

Greek Hymns

The Day is Past and Over

THE DAY is past and over;

All thanks, O Lord, to Thee;

I pray Thee now that sinless

The hours of dark may be:

O Jesu, keep me in Thy sight,

And guard me through the coming night.

The joys of day are over;

I lift my heart to Thee,

And ask Thee that offenceless

The hours of dark may be:

O Jesu, keep me in Thy sight,

And guard me through the coming night.

The toils of day are over:

I raise the hymn to Thee

And ask that free from peril

The hours of dark may be:

O Jesu, keep me in Thy sight,

And guard me through the coming night.

Be Thou my soul’s preserver,

For Thou alone dost know

How many are the perils

Through which I have to go:

O loving Jesu, hear my call,

And guard and save me from them all.