And waken'd from oblivion's birth;

Yon starry arch—yon palace, vaulted—

Yon heaven of heavens, to smile on earth.

From his resplendent majesty

We shade us 'neath our sheltering wings,

While awe-inspired, and tremblingly

We praise the glorious King of Kings,

With sight and sense confused and dim;

O name—describe the Lord of Lords,

The seraph's praise shall hallow Him;—