2 Its beams still shone unclouded on,

When in the distant west

The sun I once had known had sunk

Forever to his rest.

3 And on I walked, though dark the night,

Nor rose his orb by day;

As one to whom a surer guide

Was pointing out the way.

4 ’Twas brighter far than noonday’s beam,

It shone from God within;