Thou didst cause the light to shine;
Thou didst bring Thy sunbeams forth
O’er Thy new-created earth.
2 Shade of night and morning ray
Took from Thee the name of day:
Now again the shades are nigh,
Listen to Thy children’s cry!
3 May we ne’er, by guilt depressed,
Lose the way to endless rest;
May no thoughts, corrupt and vain,