Darkening night the land doth cover - Bourgeois, Louis

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◈ Genre → Anthems

♯ Key A minor

⁄ Time Signature 12/2

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Intermediate

↕ Range A2 – E5

♩ Tempo 150

◷ Duration ~1 min 39 sec

¶ Language → English

Measures 28

Texture mixed texture

Parts 6

Instruments A cappella

Pages 7

CPDL # 11171

Editor John Henry Fowler

Posted 2006-03-04

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

SOPRANO

E4 – E5

ALTO

C4 – A4

TENOR

G3 – F4

BASS

A2 – C4

Organ

A2 – F4

¶Lyrics / Text

:Dark'ning night the land doth cover; :Day is over: :We give thanks, O Thou most High, :While with wonted hymn we adore Thee, :And implore Thee, :For the light that doth not die :Like a day our short life hasteth: :Soon it wasteth: :Cometh surely its sad eve: :O do Thou that eve enlighten, :Save and brighten: :Nor old age of joy bereave: :Come no pain nor pity near it: :Bless and cheer it, :That in peace we our peace win: :As Thou wilt, do Thou us gather, :Gracious Father, :Only without shame and sin. :Now we pray for rest that sleeping :in Thy keeping, :We may joy in the sun's ray. :So thro' death's last darkness take us, :So awake us :To heaven's everlasting day. :Amen.