Essence that can never fail.
“Thee, when morning greets the skies,
With rosy cheeks and humid eyes;
Thee, when sweet declining day,
Sinks in purple waves away;
Thee will I sing, O parent Jove!
And teach the world to praise and love.
“Yonder azure vault on high,
Yonder blue, low, liquid sky,
Earth, on its firm basis placed,