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Saviour When Night Involves the Skies
HESPERUS-Henry Williams Baker
Saviour, When Night Involves the Skies
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Saviour, when night involves the skies,
My soul, adorning turns to thee;
Thee, self abased in mortal guise,
And wrapped in shades of death for me.
On thee my waking raptures dwell,
When crimson gleams the east adorn;
Thee, Victor of the grave and hell;
Thee, Source of life's eternal morn.
When noon her throne in light arrays,
To thee my soul triumphant springs;
Thee, throned in glory's endless blaze;
Thee, Source of life's eternal morn.
3 When noon her throne in light arrays,
To thee my soul triumphant springs;
Thee, throned in glory's endless blaze;
Thee, Lord of lords, and King of kings.
O'er earth when shades of evening steal,
To death and thee my thoughts I give;
To death whose power I soon must feel;
To thee with whom I trust to live.