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Adams, John G. (John Greenleaf) and Chapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell)
Evening Hymn.
1Interval of grateful shade,
Welcome to my weary head!
Welcome slumbers to mine eyes,
Tired with glaring vanities!
2My great Master still allows
Needful periods of repose:
By my heavenly Father blest,
Thus I give my powers to rest.
3Heavenly Father, gracious name!
Night and day his love the same!
Far be each suspicious thought,
Every anxious care forgot!
4Thou, my ever-bounteous God,
Crown'st my days with various good;
Thy kind eye which cannot sleep,
My defenceless hours shall keep.
5Blest vicissitude to me!
Day and night I'm still with thee;
Guarded thus I sink to rest,
Lodged within my Father's breast