O white and midnight sky! O starry bath!  
 Wash me in thy pure, heavenly, crystal flood; 
 Cleanse me, ye stars, from earthly soil and scath;  
 Let not one taint remain in spirit or blood!  
 Receive my soul, ye burning, awful deeps;  
 Touch and baptize me with the mighty power  
 That in ye thrills, while the dark planet sleeps;  
 Make me all yours for one blest, secret hour!  
 O glittering host! O high angelic choir!  
 Silence each tone that with thy music jars;  
 Fill me even as an urn with thy white fire