LESSON XIX.

EVENING HYMN.

  1. Now the day is over,
    Night is drawing nigh,
    Shadows of the evening
    Steal across the sky.
  2. Now the darkness gathers,
    Stars begin to peep;
    Birds, and beasts, and flowers
    Soon will be asleep.
  3. Through the lonely darkness,
    May the angels spread
    Their white wings above me,
    Watching round my bed.