It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, br The holy time is quiet as a nun br Breathless with adoration; the broad sun br Is sinking down in its tranquility; br The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the sea: br Listen! the mighty Being is awake, br And doth with his eternal motion make br A sound like thunder - everlastingly. br Dear Child! dear Girl! that walkest with me here, br If thou appear untouched by solemn thought, br Thy nature is not therefore less divine: br Thou liest in Abraham's bosom all the year, br And worship'st at the Temple's inner shrine, br God being with thee when we know it not.