All grandeur, mystery, love! In this, the time

Of dying day, all nature with her state

Of mountain ranges and her forests great,

The eternal order and the plan sublime,

Stands like a temple on whose walls of light

The beauties of creation’s day are shown—

A sanctuary, where is the Godhead’s throne

Veiled by the curtains of the holy night

Whose cupola high to the zenith towers,

A glorious harmony, a work divine,