Song of the Stars in Praise of Her + 

O starry light of the dim universe! + 

The night adoreth thee, the planets high + 

That reign far off within the desert sky + 

Praise thee as with the sound of dulcimers, + 

And all the temples of the night rehearse + 

Thy solemn glory everlastingly! + 

O thou for whom the moon’s pale-lighted star + 

And all the planets and the milky gleam, + 

But as a little of thy praising seem, + 

And the great lights that swim through heaven afar + 

But the reflection of thy glory are; + 

Thou only art; these are but shine and dream; + 

Thou art that light that doth the stars illume, + 

Thou art the glimmer of the moon divine; + 

All these are but the garment that is thine; + 

Thou art the wonder and the glow, the bloom, + 

Thou art the lonely lamp in night’s great gloom, + 

Thou art the skyey light, the starry shine. + 

Starlight is but the glory of thy face, + 

The shimmer of the silver planets pale + 

Is but the dim effulgence of thy veil; + 

And the great passing of the nights and days + 

Is all but as the perfume of thy praise. + 

O Holy, Holy, Holy, hail, O hail! + 