In these majestic aisles which thou hast wrought

And, midst their sea-like murmurs, teach mine ear

Ever thy voice to hear!

And sanctify my heart

To meet the awful sweetness of that tone

With no faint thrill or self-accusing start,

But a deep joy the heavenly guest to own—

Joy, such as dwelt in Eden’s glorious bowers

Ere sin had dimm’d the flowers.

Let me not know the change