Reveals, as ’twere, a store of heav’nly hopes

Possessing such a charm—

We shed our tribute tears.

Blest is the hoary head that can with joy

Behold the beauteous sight

Of the retiring Orb,—’neath clouds, so coy,

Fring’d with his golden light,

Without recurring sighs!

Whose magisterial beams so oft doth paint

In the unbounded Vast,