Wakes when Creation hails his dawning power,

And most expands when most her idol burns:

But when he seeks the bosom of the deep,

His faithful plant’s reflected charms decay;

Then fade her flowers, her leaves discolour’d weep,

Still fondly pining for the vanish’d ray.

Thou whom I love, the day-star of my sight!

When thy dear presence wakes me to delight,

Joy in my soul unfolds her fairest flower:

But in thy heaven of smiles alone it blooms,