Day is dying in the west (revised)

Day is dying in the west

Heav’n is touching earth with rest

Wait and worship while the night

Sets her evening lamps alight

Through all the sky.

Near me! Near me! Near me!

I can draw nigh!

Heart and spirit long for Thee.

Long

Thy lovely face to see—

O Lord most nigh!

Lord of life

beneath the dome

Of the universe

Thy home

Gather us

who seek Thy face

To the fold of Thy embrace

For Thou art nigh.

While the deepening shadows fall

Heart of love

enfolding all

Through the glory and the grace

Of the stars that veil Thy face

Our hearts ascend.