How calmly the evening

How calmly the evening once more is descending,

As kind as a promise, as still as a prayer;

O wing of the Lord, in Thy shelter befriending,

May we and our households continue to share.

We come to be soothed with Thy merciful healing;

The dews of the night cure the wounds of the day;

We come, our life's work and its brevity feeling,

With thanks for the past, for the futurewe pray.

Lord, save us from folly; be with us in sorrow;

Sustain us in work till the time of our rest;

When earth's day is over, may heaven's tomorrow

Dawn on us, of homes long expected possest.