Classic Poem

1

Grand source of life and light
Thou land of gold
In heaven's ether bright
A mistery to behold
Before creations birth
Thy light might be begun
Lighting another earth
Inimitable sun.

2

Nay his heat these summer days
May other spheres create
And new stars distant rays
May yet his light await
The birth of new come flowers
May be this day begun
To ope' in distant hours
Neath the prolific sun.

3

Is he the " Lord of light"
Is he the " great supreme"
In selfish eyes he might
Who mock the seraphim
Who scans the author right
Will darker errors shun
And feel that power above more bright
Can mar that glorious sun.

4

Ere Adam he was made
Or Eve beheld the light
That sun dispelled night's shade
And shon in heaven as bright
As it is shining now
In the same course to run
On grass and woodland bough
Bright, burning, glorious sun.

5

I see him shine to day
How bright his disk appears
Six thousand mark his stay
Perhaps a million years
And still keeps shining on
Bright as when first begun
When a thousand years are gone
'Twill be the same bright sun.