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 LDS hymnal. It is definitely the one that takes the shortest amount of time to play on the audio CDs for the hymnal.