4 Night spreads her shade upon another day
For ever past;
So, o’er our faults, thy love, we humbly pray,
A vail may cast.
5 Silence and calm, o’er hearts by earth distrest,
Now sweetly steal;
So every fear that struggles in the breast
Shall faith conceal.
6 Thou, through the dark, wilt watch above our sleep
With eye of love;