O for a heart of calm repose

363 Spohr. C. M.

1 O for a heart of calm repose
   Amid the world’s loud roar,
   A life that like a river flows
   Along a peaceful shore!

2 Come, Holy Spirit! still my heart
   With gentleness divine;
   Indwelling peace Thou canst impart;
   O make the blessing mine!

3 Above these scenes of storm and strife
   There spreads a region fair;
   Give me to live that higher life,
   And breathe that heavenly air.

4 Come, Holy Spirit! breathe that peace,
   That victory make me win;
   Then shall my soul her conflict cease,
   And find a heaven within.
                         Anonymous
                         The Methodist Hymnal 1939 edition

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Well, after the last one occurring in over 2400 hymnals, this one only occurs in 28! I don't recall ever singing it. Looking at the hymnals it has occurred in, it appears to be in mainly Methodist-oriented ones.

Hymnary.org has no information about an author, so it truly seems to be anonymous.
</idle musing>