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ST. ANATOLIUS. (7 7 C. 88.) 84. Arthur Henry Brown (1830- ).

Anatolius (8th cent.), tr. John Mason Neale (1818-1866).

Τὴν ἡμέραν διελθών.

The day is past and over;
All thanks, Lord, to thee;
I pray thee now that sinless
The hours of dark may be:
Jesus, keep me in thy sight,
And guard me through the coming night.

The joys of day are over :
  I lift my heart to thee.
And ask thee that offenceless
  The hours of dark may be :
O Jesus, keep me in thy sight,
And guard me through the coming night.

The toils of day are over:
  I raise the hymn to thee.
And ask that free from peril
  The hours of dark may be:
Jesus, keep me in thy sight.
And guard me through the coming night.

  Lighten mine eyes, Saviour,
Or sleep in death shall I,
  And he, my wakeful tempter.
Triumphantly shall cry, [light,
'He could not make their darkness
Nor guard them through the hours of night.'

  Be thou my soul's Preserver,
God, for thou dost know
  How many are the perils
Through which I have to go :
Lover of men, oh hear my call,
And guard and save me from them all.

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