Calm me, my God, and keep me calm ; Let Thine outstretched wing Be like the shade of Elim's palm, Beside her desert-spring.
2. Yes, keep me calm, though loud and rude The sounds my ear that greet---- Calm in the closet's solitude, Calm in the bustling street :
3. Cairn in the hour of buoyant health, Calm in my hour of pain ; Calm in my poverty or wealth, Calm in my loss or gain ;
4. Calm in the sufferance of wrong, Like Him who bore my shame ; Calm 'mid the threatening, taunting throng, Who hate Thy holy name,
5. Calm me, my God, and keep me calm, Soft resting on Thy breast ; Soothe me with holy Hymns and psalm, And bid my spirit rest.