Te Lucis Ante Terminum (Compline Hymn Before Nightfall)

Now with the fast-departing light, Maker of all! we ask of Thee, Of Thy great mercy, through the night Our guardian and defense to be. Far off let idle visions fly; No phantom of the night molest; Curb Thou our raging enemy, That we in chaste repose may rest. Father of mercies! hear our cry; Hear us, O sole-begotten Son! Who, with the Holy Ghost most high, Reignest while endless ages run. Amen.