Classic Poem

That sun which rose o'er Judah's land,
On this auspicious day,
Shall shine for ages yet to come,
With never-setting ray.

The Sun of Righteousness, whose beams
First bless'd that favour'd soil,
Has shed its life-diffusing light
O'er many a distant isle.

Where'er its cheering influence comes,
All groundless fears are o'er;
The mists of error are dispell'd;
And doubts are known no more.

See, with increasing lustre still
The tide of glory streams,
And spreads o'er regions late unknown
Its bright celestial beams.

The wond'ring nations, who so long
In shades of darkness lay,
Now hail, with gratitude and joy,
The dawn of heav'n-born day.

Soon may that Sun's blest radiance shine,
Wide as the world extends;
And pour a flood of sacred light,
To earth's remotest ends.