280 Again, as Evening’s Shadow Falls
Samuel Longfellow, 1819-92
“Vesper Hymn” is the title which this hymn bears in the author’s volume, Vespers, 1859, a small book of songs prepared for use in evening services. In a letter dated Feb. 11, 1890, Longfellow wrote, “My two favorites among my hymns are the vesper hymn, ‘Again, as evening’s shadow falls,’ and the one beginning, ‘I look to Thee in every need’” (244).
For comments on Samuel Longfellow see Hymn 28.
MUSIC. GERMANY. For comments on this tune see Hymn 222.