SABINE BARING-GOULD
Reading edition
England, 1834-
Child's Evening Prayer
Now the day is over, 5 Night is drawing nigh, Shadows of the evening Steal across the sky. Now the darkness gathers, Stars begin to peep, Birds and beasts and flowers Soon will be asleep. Through the long night-watches May Thine angels spread 10 Their white wings above me, Watching round my bed. When the morning wakens, Then may I arise Pure and fresh and sinless 15 In Thy holy eyes.