With brightness god-like and with mission holy,
The brilliant hero of a day’s brief story.
Sun of the Morn! in gilded car ascend;
Give gold to dew-drops; silver to the spring;
Thy light and heat harmoniously blend,
The earth to gladden in thy journeying.
Eagle of heaven! outspread thy glorious wing—
Onward—and upward! higher yet—and higher!
Ambition’s hero, day’s unrivaled king—
Millions of mortals see thee to admire,