Thee, still when purple breaketh Still, morning with

E555 T555
1
morning morning, sweet and with the with waketh, am Still, lovelier Thee, than I shadows daylight,
Dawns still purple the bird when Thee. breaketh,
When the consciousness, flee;
Fairer than
2
dawning, Thou my the image o'er star in waveless beholdest of waters rest,
So doth the breast. the image of ocean,
The in the As only
Thine stillness morning this in
3
repose, Thee by eye find When closing beneath still subdued the wings slumber,
Its to up looks wake Thee sinks there. sweeter in soul, o'ershadowing,
But prayer;
Sweet to and toil, Thy to the
4
that soul that flee;
Oh, and I last, fairer Thee! shall hour, waketh, bright in the So morning
When shadows with thought, it dawning,
Shall in am life's be glorious the rise daylight's than at