Lauded be thy name for ever, Thou, of life the guard and giver ! Thou canst guard thy creatures sleeping, Heal the heart Ion;* broke with weeping, Rule the ouphes and "elves at will That vex the air or haunt the hill, And all the fury subject keep Of boiling cloud and chafed deep ! I have seen and I well know it! Thou hast done, and thou wilt do it! God of stillness and of motion ! Of the rainbow and the ocean ! Of the mountain, rock, and river! Blessed be thy name ibr ever; I have seen thy wond'rous might Through the shadows of the night! Thou who slumber'st not, nor steepest, Blest are they thou kindly keepest! Spirits, from the ocean under, Liquid flame, and levell'd thunder, Need not waken nor alarm them— All combined, they cannot harm them. God of evening's yellow ray; God of yonder dawning day, That rises from the distant sea Like breathings of eternity ! Thine the flaming sphere of light! Thine the darkness of the night!
