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gordon crosse - prayer: the night is come lyrics

the night is come, like to the day
depart not thou, great god, away
let not my sins, black as the night
eclipse the l+stre of thy light:
keep still in my horizon; for to me
the sun makes not the day, but thee
thou, whose nature cannot sleep
on my temples centry keep;
guard me ‘gainst those watchful foes
whose eyes are open while mine close
let no dreams my head infest
but such as jacob’s temples blest
while i do rest, my soul advance;
make my sleep a holy trancе;
that i may, my rest being wrought
awake into somе holy thought;
and with as active vigour run
my course, as doth the nimble sun
sleep is a death; o make me try
by sleeping, what it is to die;
and as gently lay my head
on my grave, as now my bed
however i rest, great god, let me
awake again at last with thee;
and thus assur’d, behold i lie
securely, or to awake or die
these are my drowsie days; in vain
i do not wake to sleep again:
o come that hour, when i shall never
sleep again, but wake for ever

- gordon crosse lyrics

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