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[janetlin]

Fading light dims the sight
And a star gems the sky, gleaming bright
From afar drawing nigh,
Falls the night.

Day is done, gone the sun
From the lake, from the hills, from the sky
All is well, safely rest;
God is nigh.

Then goodnight, peaceful night;
Till the light of the dawn shineth bright.
God is near, do not fear,
Friend, goodnight.

Comments

[kiwifruitbat.livejournal.com]

Taps.

The US answer to the Last Post.

Both are beautiful.

[cat-i-th-adage.livejournal.com]

Ah! It's Memorial Weekend!

[elven-alchemist.livejournal.com]

Eh... so is it a kind of war memorial thing?
P.S. The poetry is beautiful.

[dariyan.livejournal.com]

The second verse is what we used to use as the 'final word' (or whatever) on our Girl Guides meetings. The ones in the evening, anyway. Camps and stuff that ended in the daytime had instead:

Thanks and praise for our days
'Neath the sun, 'neath the hills, 'neath the sky,
As we go, this we know,
God is nigh.