English

Sun of My Soul

Composer
Peter Ritter, arr. William Henry Monk
Copyright
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Verse 1

Sun of my soul! thou Saviour dear, It is not night if thou be near: O may no earth-born cloud arise To hide thee from thy servant's eyes!

Verse 2

When the soft dews of kindly sleep My weary eyelids gently steep, Be my last tho't—how sweet to rest Forever on my Saviour's breast!

Verse 3

Abide with me from morn till eve, For without thee I cannot live; Abide with me when night is nigh, For without thee I dare not die.

Verse 4

If some poor wand'ring child of thine Has spurned to-day the voice divine, Now, Lord, the gracious work begin, Let him no more lie down in sin.

Verse 5

Come near and bless us when we wake, Ere thro' the world our way we take; Till in the ocean of thy love We lose ourselves in heaven above.

Evening

Public Domain Information

Text
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Tune
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Rights & Sources
Text Rights
Public Domain The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920), hymn no. 12, scan page 42 (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Army_and_Navy_Hymnal.djvu/42). Credit as printed: John Keble, 1820. Text author: John Keble (1792–1866; dates from Wikidata Q955187, linked from the Wikisource author page). Published in the United States before 1931 and the author died more than 70 years ago (1866): public domain.
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Arrangement Rights
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Score / sheet music Rights
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