Companions of his ceaseless toil,

Lay careless at its side below.

Oh! who might gaze, and not grow brighter,

More pure, more holy, and serene;

Who might not feel existence lighter

Beneath the power of such a scene?

Marking the blush of light ascending

From where the sun had set afar,

Tinting each fleecy cloud, and blending

With the pale azure; while each star