Of light, serenely, solemnly divine,

And lending to each holy star a ray

As of kind eyes, that woo my soul away:

I bless thee, O my God!

That I have heard thy voice nor been afraid,

In the earth’s garden—midst the mountains old,

And the low thrillings of the forest-shade,

And the wild sound of waters uncontroll’d—

And upon many a desert plain and shore—

No solitude—for there I felt thee more: