27.12.2010, 11:37
HESPERUS.
'Shine on the sister planet at thy side,'
The Maker said, when first the worlds were made,
Just as our Hesperus began to glide
Along the path His prescient wisdom laid ;
' Shine on the earth, the home of sin to be ;
The sorrowing eyes of man will need thy light ;
Enter his guilty darkness night by night,
And symbolize his long-lost purity.'
Such is the story of our Evening Star,
As some fond muse might tell it—but, indeed,
'Tis God's own truth that all things near and far
Were made for eyes to see, and hearts to read —
So comes it ever, as the twilights fall,
Sweet Hesperus shines forth for me, for all !
'Shine on the sister planet at thy side,'
The Maker said, when first the worlds were made,
Just as our Hesperus began to glide
Along the path His prescient wisdom laid ;
' Shine on the earth, the home of sin to be ;
The sorrowing eyes of man will need thy light ;
Enter his guilty darkness night by night,
And symbolize his long-lost purity.'
Such is the story of our Evening Star,
As some fond muse might tell it—but, indeed,
'Tis God's own truth that all things near and far
Were made for eyes to see, and hearts to read —
So comes it ever, as the twilights fall,
Sweet Hesperus shines forth for me, for all !