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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EVENING [HYMN], by WILLIAM HENRY FURNESS First Line: Slowly, by god's [or, thy] hand unfurled Last Line: Fills the universe around. Variant Title(s): Eternal Light;nightfall | |||
SLOWLY by God's hand unfurled, Down around the weary world Falls the darkness; oh, how still Is the working of Thy will! Mighty Maker! Here am I, -- Work in me as silently, Veil the day's distracting sights, Show me heaven's eternal lights. From the darkened sky come forth Countless stars, a wondrous birth! So may gleams of glory dart Through the dim abyss, my heart; Living worlds to view be brought In the boundless realms of thought, High and infinite desires, Burning like those upper fires. Holy truth, eternal right, Let them break upon my sight, Let them shine unclouded, still, And with light my being fill. Thou art there. Oh, let me know, Thou art here within me too; Be the perfect peace of God Here as there now shed abroad. May my soul attuned be To that perfect harmony, Which, beyond the power of sound, Fills the universe around. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO BE CLOSELY WRITTEN ON A SMALL PIECE OF PAPER by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS BEDTIME by FRANCIS ROBERT ST. CLAIR ERSKINE THE INVITATION (TO TOM HUGHES) by CHARLES KINGSLEY THE HOUSEKEEPER by CHARLES LAMB IN THE CHURCHYARD AT CAMBRIDGE by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE SCORPION by WILLIAM PLOMER |
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