Thursday 16 January 2014

A famous Ingemann 'Evening Song' poem, set to music by Weyse






stay with us when day’s fast waning

Stay with us when day’s fast waning,
You dearest Father and Lord!
Stay with us, when dark long-straining
Floods through night-sluice’s door!

O’er hill and dale spread out neatly
A hem of your star-strewn gown!
Then by you our eyes close sweetly
When we have laid us down.

Stay with us, and we’ll be dreaming
Of peace angel-children know;
Your spirit from heaven streaming
Will shower on us below.

The Lord of Life’s realm would dearly
His youngest ones all embrace;
On angel-ladder propped sheerly
Mount children’s souls apace.

Stay with us when day’s fast waning,
You dearest Father and Lord;
And Paradise-light long-straining
Floods through night-sluice’s door!

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