 The night is come, like to the day Depart not thou great God away ! Let not my sins, black as the night, Eclipse the lustre of thy light ; Keep still in my horizon, for to me The sun makes not the day, but thee. Thou whose nature cannot sleep, On my temples...  Spirit of the English Magazines - Page 141821Full view - About this book
 | 1866 - 848 pages
...COME. THE night is come. Like to the day, Deport not Tliou, great God, away; Let not my sins, hlnck as the night, Eclipse the lustre of Thy light : Keep...horizon, for to me The sun makes not the day, but Thee. Thon whose nature cannot sleep, On my temples sentry keep : Guard me 'gainst tho>e watchful foes Whose... | |
 | Augustine hymn book, David Thomas - 1866 - 270 pages
..." Yet the Lord wlll command Hix lmmykindness in the day-time."— Ps. xlii. 8. THE night is come ; like to the day, Depart not Thou, great God, away; Let not my sins, all black as night, Eclipse the lustre of Thy light. 2 Keep Thou still in heaven ; for me The sun makes... | |
 | 1867 - 838 pages
...bells of our horses, in respect to veracity— SIR THOMAS BROWNE'S EVENING HYMN. " The night is come, like to the day ; Depart not Thou, great God, away....night, Eclipse the lustre of Thy light. Keep still iu my horizon; for to mo The sun makes not the day, but Thee. Thou, whose nature cannot sleep, On my... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...never changes, Thy God, thy Life, thy Cure. 20 Henry Vaughan. CXXXI EVENING HYMN. The night is come, like to the day; Depart not Thou, great God, away....Thee. Thou whose nature cannot sleep, On my temples sentry keep! Guard me 'gainst those watchful foes, Whose eyes are open while mine close; 10 Let no... | |
 | George MacDonald - 1868 - 356 pages
...yields to the death of sleep. I follow it with the succeeding sentence of the prose. The night is come. Like to the day, Depart not thou, great God, away....thee. Thou whose nature cannot sleep, On my temples sentry keep ; Guard me 'gainst those watchful foes Whose eyes are open while mine close. Let no dreams... | |
 | Hymns - 1868 - 408 pages
...nofo anB ebermore. amen. EVENING HYMN. Sir Thomas Browne. r I ''HE night is come ; like to the day _I_ Depart not Thou, great God, away : Let not my sins,...Thee. Thou whose nature cannot sleep, On my temples sentry keep ; Guard me 'gainst those watchful foes, Whose eyes are open while mine close. Let no dreams... | |
 | sir Thomas Browne - 1869 - 240 pages
...an half adieu unto the world, and take my farewell in a colloquy with God : — The night is come, like to the day ; Depart not thou, great God, away....thee. Thou whose nature cannot sleep, On my temples sentry keep ; Guard me 'gainst those watchful foes, Whose eyes are open while mine close. Let no dreams... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 pages
...and Knighted by Charles II. in 1671. Author of the " Religio Medici," &c.] ' I .'HE night is come, like to the day; -*- Depart not Thou, great God, away....Thee. Thou whose nature cannot sleep, On my temples sentry keep ! Guard me 'gainst those watchful foes, Whose eyes are open while mine close ; Let no dreams... | |
 | 1870 - 462 pages
...happy strife, That struck God dead, but raised man to life. 30 cxxxvn EVENING HYMN. The night is come, like to the day; Depart not Thou, great God, away....of thy light. Keep still in my horizon ; for to me 5 The sun makes not the day, but Thee. Thou whose nature cannot sleep, On my temples sentry keep !... | |
 | 1870 - 464 pages
...for to me 5 The sun makes not the day, but Thee. Thou whose nature cannot sleep, On my temples sentry keep ! Guard me 'gainst those watchful foes, Whose eyes are open while mine close; 10 Let no dreams my head infest, But such as Jacob's temples blest. While I do rest, my soul advance;... | |
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