Nature

Sun

by Henry Rowe 1750–1819

From The Oxford Book of English Verse, ed. Arthur Quiller-Couch (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1900)

Nature

Angel, king of streaming morn;
Cherub, call'd by Heav'n to shine;
T' orient tread the waste forlorn;
Guide ætherial, pow'r divine;
Thou, Lord of all within!

Golden spirit, lamp of day,
Host, that dips in blood the plain,
Bids the crimson'd mead be gay,
Bids the green blood burst the vein;
Thou, Lord of all within!

Soul, that wraps the globe in light;
Spirit, beckoning to arise;
Drives the frowning brow of night,
Glory bursting o'er the skies;
Thou, Lord of all within!

MLA

Rowe, Henry. “Sun.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rowe_h/0/.

Chicago

Rowe, Henry. “Sun.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rowe_h/0/.

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