Unheard the dews around me fall,
 And heavenly influence shed:
And silent on this earthly ball
 Celestial footsteps tread.
Night moves in silence round the pole,
 The stars sing on unheard,
Their music pierces to the soul,
 Yet borrows not a word.
Noiseless the morning flings its gold,
 And still the evenings place:
And silently the earth is rolled
 Amidst the vast of space.
In quietude Thy Spirit grows
 In man from hour to hour:
In calm eternal onward flows
 Thy all-redeeming power.
Lord, grant my soul to hear at length
 Thy deep and silent voice:
To work in stillness, wait in strength,
 With calmness to rejoice.