Softly Now the Light of Day

Tunes

• Seymour, by Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826)
  • Copyright: Public Domain
  • Arrangement by Henry Greatorix (1813–1858)
    • Copyright: Public Domain

Lyrics

• Poet: George W. Doane (1799–1859)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Trivia

Latter-day Saint Trivia

• This is arguably the shortest song in the 1985 hymnal for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is definitely the one that takes the shortest amount of time to play on the audio CDs for the hymnal.