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The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun,
Is Nature's eye.
The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun,
Is Nature's eye.
When the sun sets, shadows, that showed at noon
But small, appear most long and terrible.
When the sun sets, shadows, that showed at noon
But small, appear most long and terrible.
High in his chariot glow'd the lamp of day.
High in his chariot glow'd the lamp of day.
Out of the solar walk and Heaven's highway.
Out of the solar walk and Heaven's highway.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make hay while the sun shines.
She stood breast-high amid the corn,
Clasp'd by the golden light of morn,
Like the sweetheart of read more
She stood breast-high amid the corn,
Clasp'd by the golden light of morn,
Like the sweetheart of the sun,
Who many a glowing kiss had won.
The gay motes that people the sunbeams.
The gay motes that people the sunbeams.
The sun, centre and sire of light,
The keystone of the world-built arch of heaven.
The sun, centre and sire of light,
The keystone of the world-built arch of heaven.