Thou, Queen of heaven! me ne’er didst fail,
In fortunes fair or drear,
To guide, to counsel, and to cheer:
Thou know’st how oft, to enjoy thy ray,
I chide the blaze and heat of day.
Oft seated on the wide sea-shore,
Whose waves reflected thee,
To muse alone, thou smiling o’er,
I pass’d the night hours free;
And ’midst my clouded hopes to see