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Day Is Dying in the West

Mary Artemisia Lathbury

“Day Is Dying in the West” as printed in The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920).

Mary Artemisia Lathbury: Collected Lyrics Text 2 1920 · historical text
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This text comes from The Army and Navy Hymnal, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

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Copyright by J. H. Vincent. Used by permission

Verse 2

Day is dying in the west,

Heaven is touching earth with rest;

Wait and worship while the night

Sets her evening lamps alight

Thro' all the sky.

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts!

Heaven and earth are full of thee,

Heaven and earth are praising thee,

O Lord most high!

Lord of life, beneath the dome

Of the universe, thy home,

Gather us who seek thy face

To the fold of thy embrace,

For thou art nigh.

Holy, holy, holy, &c.

While the deep'ning shadows fall,

Heart of Love, enfolding all,

Thro' the glory and the grace

Of the stars that veil thy face,

Our hearts ascend.

Holy, holy, holy, &c.

When forever from our sight

Pass the stars, the day, the night,

Lord of angels, on our eyes

Let eternal morning rise,

And shadows end.

Holy, holy, holy, &c.

A -men.

Credits

Written by Mary Artemisia Lathbury

Words by Mary Artemisia Lathbury. Historical text published in The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920), “Day Is Dying in the West”

The 1920 published edition is in the public domain in the United States (pre-1931 publication). Entries whose credited author died more than 70 years ago are also in the public domain in life-plus-70 jurisdictions; traditional and anonymous entries are public domain. Pages whose scan quality is below the proofread threshold are held for review.

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