May He support us all the day long, till the shades lengthen, and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done! Then in His mercy may He give us safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at the last.— from Sermon #20, Wisdom and Innocence, preached 19 February 1843 at Littlemore
As it so happens, Arvo Pärt has set this to music, in his 2000 composition "Littlemore Tractus":
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