[00:06.71]It is a beauteous evening, calm and free,
[00:11.40]The holy time is quiet as a Nun
[00:14.23]Breathless with adoration; the broad sun
[00:17.96]Is sinking down in its tranquility;
[00:21.23]The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the Sea;
[00:25.38]Listen! the mighty Being is awake,
[00:29.11]And doth with his eternal motion make
[00:31.53]A sound like thunder—everlastingly.
[00:36.43]Dear child! dear Girl! that walkest with me here,
[00:41.82]If thou appear untouched by solemn thought,
[00:45.66]Thy nature is not therefore less divine:
[00:49.44]Thou liest in Abraham's bosom all the year;
[00:53.28]And worshipp'st at the Temple's inner shrine,
[00:57.61]God being with thee when we know it not.
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