The Holy Midnight + 

Ah, holy midnight of the soul, + 

When stars alone are high; + 

When winds are resting at their goal, + 

And sea-waves only sigh! + 

Ambition faints from out the will; + 

Asleep sad longing lies; + 

All hope of good, all fear of ill, + 

All need of action dies; + 

Because God is, and claims the life + 

He kindled in thy brain; + 

And thou in him, rapt far from strife, + 

Diest and liv’st again. + 