1. SONG OF THE STARS

When the morn of creation broke
And the world in the smile of God awoke
And the empty realms of darkness and death
Were moved through their depths by his mighty breath

And orbs of beauty and spheres of flame
From the void abyss by myriads oh they came

Away away through the wide wide sky
The fair blue fields that before us lie
Each sun with the worlds that round us roll
Each planet poised on her turning turning pole

For the source of glory uncovers his face
And the brightness o'erflows unbounded space
And we drink as we go the luminous tides
In our ruddy air and our blooming sides
Lo, yonder the living splendours play away
On our joyous path away

Away away through the wide wide sky
The fair blue fields that before us lie
Each sun with the worlds that round us roll
Each planet poised on her turning turning pole

Away away through the wide wide sky
The fair blue fields that before us lie
Each sun with the worlds that round us roll
Each planet poised on her turning turning pole