A shepherd's Sunday song

This is the day of the Lord!

I am alone on the wide meadow;

yet only one morning bell,

then silence near and far.

Adoring, I kneel here.

O sweet shudder! Secret stirring!

As if many knelt unseen

and prayed with me.

The sky near and far,

it is so serene and solemn,

altogether as if it would open up!

This is the day of the Lord!