Thine image! wisdom is a voice attuned

To consonance with Thine—and all that yields

To thought a pureness, or to life a peace,

From Thee descends—whose spirit-ruling sway,

Invisible as thought, around us brings

A balm almighty for affliction's hour—

Once felt, in all the fullness of Thy grace

The living essence of the living soul,—

And there is faith—a firm-set, glorious faith,

Eternity cannot uproot, or change—