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TO THE SUN.
Thou light of life! Thou glory of all light!Spirit and sign of the eternal one!
Thou splendid monument—unmatch'd—alone—
Of HIS august, immeasureable might!
Time, change, and death speed on their ravaging flight;
Continents have perished—Empires been o'erthrown—
Even the giant Ocean change hath known—
Yet still Thou reign'st—unalter'd to the sight!
Nature looks up to thee as with a heart
Feeling instinctively thy blessed power;
Birds chant sweet vespers to thee—and the flower
Lives in thy life—dies when thy smiles depart—
While man—blest man—forgets the bonds of earth
His soul assured of its immortal birth!
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