Noontide Hymn + 

I love thy skies, thy sunny mists, + 

Thy fields, thy mountains hoar, + 

Thy wind that bloweth where it lists⁠— + 

Thy will, I love it more. + 

I love thy hidden truth to seek + 

All round, in sea, on shore; + 

The arts whereby like gods we speak⁠— + 

Thy will to me is more. + 

I love thy men and women, Lord, + 

The children round thy door; + 

Calm thoughts that inward strength afford⁠— + 

Thy will than these is more. + 

But when thy will my life doth hold + 

Thine to the very core, + 

The world, which that same will doth mould, + 

I love, then, ten times more! + 