Song + 

II + 

The True Sun + 

Homer with mellifluous tongue + 

Phoebus’ glorious light hath sung, + 

Hymning high his praise; + 

Yet his feeble rays + 

Ocean’s hollows may not brighten, + 

Nor earth’s central gloom enlighten. + 

But the might of Him, who skilled + 

This great universe to build, + 

Is not thus confined; + 

Not earth’s solid rind, + 

Nor night’s blackest canopy, + 

Baffle His all-seeing eye. + 

All that is, hath been, shall be, + 

In one glance’s compass, He + 

Limitless descries; + 

And, save His, no eyes + 

All the world survey⁠—no, none! + 

Him, then, truly name the Sun. + 