Still, Still With Thee

Still, still with Thee
when purple morning breaketh
When the bird waketh,
and the shadows flee,
Fairer than morning,
lovelier than the daylight
Dawns the sweet consciousness
I am with Thee.

Alone with Thee,
amid the changing shadows,
Solemn the hush of nature,
newly born;
Alone with Thee,
in breathless adoration
In the calm dew
and freshness of the morn

So shall it ever be
in bright morning
When hearts awaking,
see the shadows flee.
O, in that hour,
and fairer than dawning
rises the glorious thought
I am with Thee.
Harriet Beecher Stowe

from the "Christian Science Hymnal"
Sung often, with enjoyment, by
Maryee Manson Armour
January 18,2007