"The day is past & gone the evening shades appear, oh may we all remember the night of death draws near. As the shades of evening are gathering around us, it brought these lines to mind. And oh how I do desire that we may all be prepared to meet the night of death with our lamps trimed and burning."
Emily Millikan Blair in "Until We Sleep Our Last Sleep" by Emily W. Skinner
I wonder what she means by trimmed and burning… like with bravery?