Yon mantling cloud has hid from sight

The last faint pulse of quivering light.

In darkness and in weariness

The traveller on his way must press,

No gleam to watch on tree or tower,

Whiling away the lonesome hour.

Thou Framer of the light and dark,

Steer through the tempest thine own ark:

Amid the howling wintry sea

We are in port if we have Thee.