Words: In noctis umbrâ desides, Charles Coffin (1676-1749), Paris Breviary, 1736

Translations Include:
In Night's Dim Shadows Lying
When Shades Of Night Around Us Close

Music: "Evening Hymn"

Source: J. H. Hopkins, ed., Great Hymns of the Church Compiled by the Late Right Reverend John Freeman Young (New York: James Pott & Company, 1887), #29, p. 41

1. In noctis umbrâ desides
Dum somnus artus occupat,
Ad te, Deus, sidelibus
Mens excubat suspiriis.

2. Desiderate gentibus,
Verbum Patris, mendi salus,
Audi preces gementium,
Tandemque lapsos excita.

3. Adsis, Redemptor, et tuae
Plebis relaxans crimina,
Adæ scelus quas clauserat,
Reclude cœlestes domos.

4. Qui liberator advenis,
Fili, tibi laus maxima,
Cume Patre, cumque Spiritu,
In sempiterna secula.

Sheet Music "Evening Hymn" from J. H. Hopkins, ed., Great Hymns of the Church Compiled by the Late Right Reverend John Freeman Young (New York: James Pott & Company, 1887), #29, p. 41

"Proper Melody from the Rouen Gradual, abridged.
Harmonized by Hermann R. Schrœder"