Bring, O morn, thy music! 
Night, thy starlit silence!
Oceans, laugh in rapture
To the storm-winds coursing free!

Suns and planets chorus,
Praise to Thee, Most Holy —
Who was, and is, 
	and evermore shall be.

Life and death, thy creatures,
Praise thee, mighty Giver!
Praise and prayer are rising
In thy beast and bird and tree:

Lo! they praise and vanish,
Vanish at thy bidding —
Who was, and is, 
	and evermore shall be.

Life nor death can part us,
O thou Love eternal,
Shepherd of the wandering star
And souls that wayward flee!

Homeward draws the spirit
To thy Spirit yearning —
Who was, and is, 
	and evermore shall be.
