But thee, of even the starry train;

For all the host around thee burning,

Like faithless man, keep turning, turning.

“I may not follow where they go:—

Star of the North! I look to thee

While on I press; for well I know,

Thy light and truth shall set me free:—

Thy light, that no poor slave deceiveth;

Thy truth, that all my soul believeth.

“Thy beam is on the glassy breast