In sapphire flames thou burning;

Like spheres that walk the solar planes,

Thy mellow blaze through heaven rains,

Siren in cloudland high,

Scene bewitching to my eye.

How thy cheeks hang in a silvery glow!

Awful in look is thy head of snow;

In thy face I read Heaven's mighty arm,

The power of God that bids thee charm,

A landscape rich in song and flowers,