It touched the heart Subdued the spirit’s power

Blent with the Danube’s moan, and wailed around the tower

Richard’s Song

Thrice, the great fadeless lights of heaven

The moon, and the eternal sun

As God’s unchanging law was given,

Have each their course appointed run.

Three times the Earth, her mighty way

Hath measured o’er a shoreless sea;

While hopeless still from day, to day,