Christ My Song - 507
I close my heavy eye - Ever Near
(Horatius Bonar/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)
Ever Near.
1. I close my heavy eye,
Saviour, ever near!
I lift my soul on high
thro' the darkness drear.
Be thou my light, I cry,
Saviour, ever dear! PDF - Midi
2. I feel thine arms around,
Saviour, ever near!
With thee let me be found,
so shall I never fear,
whatever ills abound,
Saviour, ever dear!
3. Thine is the day and night,
Saviour, ever near!
Thine is the dark and light;
be thou my covert here.
O shield me with thy might,
Saviour, ever dear!
4. And when I come to die,
Saviour, ever near!
receive my parting sigh;
and, in the hour of fear,
be to my spirit nigh,
Saviour, ever dear!
Horatius Bonar, Hymns of Faith and Hope I, 1878, 138-139.