O True One, give me truth!
And let it quench in me
The thirst of this long-craving heart,
And set my spirit free.

Truth, which contains true rest,
Which is the grave of doubt;
Which ends uncertainty and gloom,
And casts all falsehood out:

Calm faith, which grasps the word
Of Him who cannot lie;
Which hears alone the voice divine,
Though crowds are standing by.

O Truth of God, destroy
The cloud, the chain, the war;
Dawn to this stormy midnight be,
My bright and morning star!