Rest My Soul Under the Stars

Sweet chimes in the middle of the night

Calling the hour through the dark

Ringing so soft through the quiet house

Leaving their trace like a spark

All of the rooms lie still and dim

Shadows asleep on the wall

Yet through the hush of the resting world

I hear the heavens call

With my eyes closed I can almost see

The wheel of the stars turning slow

Great bright circles overhead

Moving where no feet can go

Silent they shine and silent they burn

Far through the measureless height

Still in my soul I can almost hear

The song of their endless flight

I would rather lie awake

Under heaven's silent sea

While the stars go sailing on

And the night speaks to me

All the world falls far below

Small as foam beneath the keel

And my heart in reverent awe

Learns how vast and small to feel

Better than sleep is this stillness here

Under the star-covered dome

Feeling the weight of the endless sky

Yet somehow feeling at home

The world below sinks out of sound

Its troubles losing their claim

A brief white wake on darkened sea

Gone almost as soon as it came

What are we but breath and light

Held for a moment inside the night

Yet God has hung these stars above

And taught the dark to sing of love

I would rather lie awake

Under heaven's silent sea

While the stars go sailing on

And the night speaks to me

All the world falls far below

Small as foam beneath the keel

And my heart in reverent awe

Learns how vast and small to feel

Sweet chimes through the midnight air

Stars still singing everywhere

And my soul awake and still

Resting in the Father's will

Rest my soul

Rest be still

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