6438. Savior, When Night Involves the Skies

1. Savior, when night involves the skies,
My soul, adoring, turns to Thee;
Thee, self abased in mortal guise,
And wrapped in shades of death for me.

2. On Thee my waking raptures dwell,
When crimson gleams the east adorn,
Thee, Victor of the grave and hell,
Thee, Source of life’s eternal morn.

3. When noon her throne in light arrays,
To Thee my soul triumphant springs;
Thee, throned in glory’s endless blaze,
Thee, Lord of lords and King of kings.

4. O’er earth, when shades of evening steal,
To death and Thee my thoughts I give;
To death, whose power I soon shall feel,
To Thee, with whom I trust to live.

Text Information
First Line: Savior, when night involves the skies
Title: Savior, When Night Involves the Skies
Author: Thomas Gisborne (1803)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: Poems Sacred and Moral, 3rd edition, 1803
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Al­ter­nate tune: ALSACE, ar­ranged from Lud­wig van Beet­hov­en, 1770-1827
Tune Information
Name: SWEDEN
Composer: Henry Hiles (1868)
Meter: LM
Incipit: 33351 54333 64576
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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