II

The light which on ten thousand faces shines,

The beams which crown ten thousand vines

With glory, and delight, appear

As if they were

Reflected only from them all for me,

That I a greater beauty there might see.

Thus stars do beautify

The azure canopy:

Gilded with rays,

Ten thousand ways

They serve me, while the sun that on them shines

Adorns those stars and crowns those bleeding vines.