Poem by George Darley

Lenimina Laborum. 11. Hymn to the Sun

Behold the world's great wonder,
The Sovereign Star arise!
'Midst Ocean's sweet dead thunder,
Earth's silence and the skies.

The sea's rough slope ascending,
He steps in all his beams,
Each wave beneath him bending,
His throne of glory seems.

Of red clouds round and o'er him
His canopy is roll'd.
The broad ooze burns before him,
A field of cloth of gold.

Now strike his proud pavilion!
He mounts the blue outline,
And throws in many a million
His wealth from clime to clime. 

1. Lenimina Laborum. 14. The Fair Warning
2. Lenimina Laborum. 27. The Free-Booter
3. Lenimina Laborum. 62. On the Picture of a Girl
4. Lenimina Laborum. 41. Winter
5. The Gambols of Children

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