Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: The mellow eve is gliding
Topic: Home/Evening Hymns
Writer: <no first name given> Sacred Songs
Composer:
Meter: 7s and 6s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1200
Page Number: 720, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe mellow eve is gliding
Serenely down the west;
So, every care subsiding,
My soul would sink to rest.
The woodland hum is ringing
The daylight's gentle close;
May angels round me, singing,
Thus hymn my last repose.
The evening star has lighted
Her crystal lamp on high;
So, when in death benighted,
May hope illume the sky.
In golden splendor dawning,
The morrow's light shall break;
O, on the last bright morning
May I in glory wake!