2 I know thou wilt not slight my call,

For thou dost mark the sparrows fall;

And calm and peaceful is my sleep,

Rocked in the cradle of the deep.

3 And such the trust that still were mine,

Though stormy winds swept o'er the brine;

Or though the tempest's fiery breath

Roused me from sleep to wreck and death.

4 In ocean cave still safe with thee,

The germ of immortality;