Elergy for Dunkirk

"Atonement" - Dunkirk Scene, Five minute single take tracking shot. Men sing in unison in the face of certain death. Hauntingly beautiful.

• Dear Lord and Father of mankind,
  Forgive our foolish ways!
  Reclothe us in our rightful mind,
  In purer lives Thy service find,
  In deeper reverence, praise.

• In simple trust like theirs who heard
  Beside the Syrian sea
  The gracious calling of the Lord,
  Let us, like them, without a word
  Rise up and follow Thee.

• O Sabbath rest by Galilee!
  O calm of hills above,
  Where Jesus knelt to share with Thee
  The silence of eternity
  Interpreted by love!

• With that deep hush subduing all
  Our words and works that drown
  The tender whisper of Thy call,
  As noiseless let Thy blessing fall
  As fell Thy manna down.

• Drop Thy still dews of quietness,
  Till all our strivings cease;
  Take from our souls the strain and stress,
  And let our ordered lives confess
  The beauty of Thy peace.

• Breathe through the heats of our desire
  Thy coolness and Thy balm;
  Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire;
  Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire,
  O still, small voice of calm.

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From the movie:

• Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease;

• Take from our souls the strain and stress, And let our ordered lives confess

• The beauty of Thy peace, The beauty of Thy peace

• Breathe through the heats of our desire, Thy coolness and Thy balm;

• Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire; Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire, O still, small voice of calm! O still, small voice of calm!