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 Whence are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting light? Thou comest 
forth, in thy awful beauty; the stars hide read more 
 Whence are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting light? Thou comest 
forth, in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky; 
the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western waves. But thou, 
thyself, movest alone. 
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Trees go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the read more
Trees go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the sun two million miles a day, and through space heaven knows how fast and far!
 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. 
The gay motes that people the sunbeams.
The gay motes that people the sunbeams.
The great duties of life are written with a sunbeam.
The great duties of life are written with a sunbeam.
High in his chariot glow'd the lamp of day.
High in his chariot glow'd the lamp of day.
 Let others hail the rising sun:
 I bow to that whose course is run.  
 Let others hail the rising sun:
 I bow to that whose course is run.