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by Thomas Ken (1637 - 1711)

Hymn for Evening
Language: English 
All praise to thee, my God, this night
For the blessings of the light:
Keep me, O keep me, King of kings,
Beneath thine own almighty wings.
Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son,
The ill that I have done;
That with the world, myself, and thee,
I, ere I sleep, at peace must be.
May my soul on thee repose
And with sleep mine eyelids close;
Sleep shall me more vigorous make
To serve my God when I awake.
Amen.

Text Authorship:

  • by Thomas Ken (1637 - 1711), written 1709 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "Hymn for Evening", 1997, published 1999, from Evidence of Things Not Seen, no. 27 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Ahmed E. Ismail

This text was added to the website: 2004-08-04
Line count: 13
Word count: 81

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