'T HE firmament's stupendous frame,
Where worlds on worlds in order flame,
In order wheel their azure rounds,
Thy grandeur, mighty God, resounds.

Day rolling after day displays
Thy providence, with lofty praise,
In shadowy robe night rides along;
And ecchoes loud the lasting song.

Their universal voice demands
Attention, from all reason's lands.
To every clime their speech is known,
Let every clime thy wonders own.

All in majestic splendor bright,
Thy pow'rful minister of light,
Forth from his eastern palace, gay,
Springs out; to shed the vital ray.

Gay as a youth, in glowing bloom,
Forth issues from his spousal room;
Strong as a champion racer's force,
He rushes to his mighty course.

With swift career, from heav'n's extreme
To heav'n's remotest end, his beam
Illumes, O earth, thy joyous seat;
And warms all nature with his heat.