When shades of night round us close (Joseph Barnby)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2018-11-11). Score information: A4, 1 page, 58 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from the edition on IMSLP. Note values halved.
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Title: When shades of night round us close
Composer: Joseph Barnby
Lyricist: Charles Coffin (unknown translator)
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1897 in Hymn Tunes, no. 42, p. 19
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Original text and translations
English text
1 When shades of night around us close,
And weary limbs in sleep repose,
The faithful soul awake may be,
And longing sigh, O Lord, to Thee.
2 Thou true Desire of nations, hear,
Thou Word of God, Thou Saviour dear;
In pity heed our humble cries,
And bid at length the fallen rise.
3 O come, Redeemer, come and free
Thine own from guilt and misery;
The gates of heaven again unfold,
Which Adam’s sin had closed of old.
4 All praise, eternal Son, to Thee,
Whose advent sets Thy people free,
Whom with the Father we adore
And Holy Ghost for evermore.