The melody has an impressive rallentando of dotted semibreves to the refrain, “Peace, be still,” after the more rapid notes of the three-line stanzas.
The wild winds hushed, the angry deep
Sank like a little child to sleep,
The sullen waters ceased to leap.
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So when our life is clouded o'er
And storm-winds drift us from the shore
Say, lest we sink to rise no more,
“Peace! be still.”