I see the gasping glory of your pow'r
The flaming bed of rosy-finger'd Dawn
I fall and kneel at thrones of gold and pearl
I tremble to think how stars in darkness shone.
Immortalized in holy evening sky
The flaming suns that looked down once with love
Upon the life of royalty so high
The singing Earth to bear its glory strove.
Those stars in darkness beam now down to me
And look upon a humble mortal life
A promise, taken in a time of need
Now called upon to resolve inner strife.
In Heaven I may not yet find reprieve
Yet in His eyes I find the strength to grieve.