Antiphon + 

Daylight fades away. + 

Is the Lord at hand + 

In the shadows gray + 

Stealing on the land? + 

Gently from the east + 

Come the shadows gray; + 

But our lowly priest + 

Nearer is than they. + 

It is darkness quite. + 

Is the Lord at hand, + 

In the cloak of night + 

Stolen upon the land? + 

But I see no night, + 

For my Lord is here + 

With him dark is light, + 

With him far is near. + 

List! the cock’s awake. + 

Is the Lord at hand? + 

Cometh he to make + 

Light in all the land? + 

Long ago he made + 

Morning in my heart; + 

Long ago he bade + 

Shadowy things depart. + 

Lo, the dawning hill! + 

Is the Lord at hand, + 

Come to scatter ill, + 

Ruling in the land? + 

He hath scattered ill, + 

Ruling in my mind; + 

Growing to his will, + 

Freedom comes, I find. + 

We will watch all day, + 

Lest the Lord should come; + 

All night waking stay + 

In the darkness dumb. + 

I will work all day, + 

For the Lord hath come; + 

Down my head will lay + 

All night, glad and dumb. + 

For we know not when + 

Christ may be at hand; + 

But we know that then + 

Joy is in the land. + 

For I know that where + 

Christ hath come again, + 

Quietness without care + 

Dwelleth in his men. + 