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.

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!

Matthew Albertell