"Twilight Is Falling" (1877)
[Shape Note version]
Hymn
Words by Aldine Sillman Kieffer, 1840-1904
Music by Benjamin Carl Unseld, 18??-1923

[Source: photocopy, No. 13 from ???; 
reprinted from "Temple Starr"]

1. Twilight is stealing over the sea,
Shadows are falling dark on the lea
Borne on the nightwinds, voices of yore
Come from the faroff shore.

REFRAIN [sung after each verse]
Far away beyond the starlit skies,
Where the lovelight never, never dies.
Gleamesth a mansion filled with delight,
Sweet, happy home so bright!

2. Voices of loved ones! songs of the past!
Still linger round me while life shall last;
Lonely I waner, sadly I roam,
Seeking that faroff home.

3. Come in the twilight, come, come to me!
Bringing some message over the sea,
Cheering my pathway while here I roam,
Seeking that faroff home.