Watchman! will its beams alone

Gild the spot that gave them birth?

Traveller! ages are its own;

See, it bursts o'er all the earth.

3Watchman! tell us of the night,

For the morning seems to dawn.

Traveller! darkness takes its flight;

Doubt and terror are withdrawn.

4Watchman! let thy wanderings cease;

Hie thee to thy quiet home.