| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 150. Evening Hymn |
| | | By William Henry Furness |
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| SLOWLY by God’s hand unfurled, | |
| Down around the weary world | |
| Falls the darkness; oh, how still | |
| Is the working of Thy will! | |
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| Mighty Maker! Here am I,— | 5 |
| Work in me as silently, | |
| Veil the day’s distracting sights, | |
| Show me heaven’s eternal lights. | |
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| From the darkened sky come forth | |
| Countless stars, a wondrous birth! | 10 |
| So may gleams of glory dart | |
| Through the dim abyss, my heart; | |
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| Living worlds to view be brought | |
| In the boundless realms of thought, | |
| High and infinite desires, | 15 |
| Burning like those upper fires. | |
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| Holy truth, eternal right, | |
| Let them break upon my sight, | |
| Let them shine unclouded, still, | |
| And with light my being fill. | 20 |
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| 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. | |
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| May my soul attunëd be | 25 |
| To that perfect harmony, | |
| Which, beyond the power of sound, | |
| Fills the universe around. | |
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