Hear the distant torrent falling,

Hear the note of whip-poor-will,

Hear the shepherd homeward calling

Flocks that bleat on lonely hill.

See yon cloud the distance glooming,

Hear its far-off thunder roar,

Hear the distant ocean’s booming

Billows beat the eternal shore.

God is in the hues of heaven

Fading from the sky and bay;