'Praised be God! our Lord, to whom
Be love, praise, and honour.'
"I will now give the literal version, printed exactly in the same arrangement of lines, letters, and punctuation, as the original:
'Copenhagen Watchman's Song.
Eight o'clock,
When darkness blinds the earth
And the day declines,
That time then us reminds
Of death's dark grave;
Shine on us, Jesus sweet,