| LO! in the vigils of the night, ere sped | |
| The first bright arrows from the Orient shed, | |
| The heart of Silence trembled into sound, | |
| And out of Vastness came a Voice, which said: | |
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| I AM alone; thou only art in Me: | 5 |
| I am the stream of Life that flows through thee: | |
| I comprehend all substance, fill all space: | |
| I am pure Being, by whom all things be. | |
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| I am thy Dawn, from darkness to release: | |
| I am the Deep, wherein thy sorrows cease: | 10 |
| Be still! be still! and know that I am God: | |
| Acquaint thyself with Me, and be at peace! | |
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| I am the Silence that is more than sound: | |
| If therewithin thou lose thee, thou art found: | |
| The stormless, shoreless Ocean, which is I— | 15 |
| Thou canst not breathe, but in its bosom drowned. | |
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| I am all Love: there is naught else but I: | |
| I am all Power: the rest is phantasy: | |
| Evil, and anguish, sorrow, death, and hell— | |
| These are the fear-flung shadows of a lie. | 20 |
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| Arraign not Mine Omnipotence, to say | |
| That aught beside in earth or heaven hath sway! | |
| The powers of darkness are not: that which is | |
| Abideth: these but vaunt them for a day. | |
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| Know thou thyself: as thou hast learned of Me, | 25 |
| I made thee three in one, and one in three— | |
| Spirit and Mind and Form, immortal Whole, | |
| Divine and undivided Trinity. | |
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| Seek not to break the triple bond assigned | |
| Mind sees by Spirit: Body moves by Mind: | 30 |
| Divorced from Spirit, both way-wildered fall— | |
| Leader and led, the blindfold and the blind. | |
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| Look not without thee: thou hast that within, | |
| Makes whole thy sickness, impotent thy sin: | |
| Survey thy forces, rally to thyself: | 35 |
| That which thou would’st not hath no power to win. | |
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| I, God, enfold thee like an atmosphere: | |
| Thou to thyself wert never yet more near: | |
| Think not to shun Me: whither would’st thou fly? | |
| Nor go not hence to seek Me: I am here. | 40 |
