Fun Facts:
1) The lyrics of this song are taken from a poem by William Fuller from the collection Miscellaenea Sacra, moralizing poems for children.
2) This song is ciaconna, meaning the piece is based on a repeating descending baseline in triple meter. 3) This song was composed by Henry Purcell in the mid-seventeenth century when ciaconnas were generally used for stately music.
"Now that the Sun hath veil'd his Light,
And bid the World
good Night;
To the soft Bed,
my Body I dispose,
But where shall
my Soul repose?
Dear God,
even in Thy Arms,
and can there be
Any so sweet Security!
Then to thy Rest,
O my Soul!
And singing, praise
The Mercy that
prolongs thy Days.
Hallelujah!"