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 future we 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.