Bright bursting through the awful veil of night

The lunar beams upon the Ocean play,

The watery billows shine with trembling light,

Where the swift breezes skim along the sea.

The glimmering stars in yon ethereal plain

Grow pale, and fade before the lucid beams,

Save where fair Venus, shining o'er the main

Conspicuous, still with fainter radiance gleams.

Clear is the azure firmament above,

Save where the white cloud floats upon the breeze,