The Spacious Firmament On High (Edit)

The spacious firmament on high

With all the blue ethereal sky

And spangled heavens a shining frame

Their great Original proclaim

The unwearied sun from day to day

Does his Creator's powers display

And publishes to every land

The work of an Almighty Hand

Soon as the evening shades prevail

The moon takes up the wondrous tale

And nightly to the listening earth

Repeats the story of her birth;

While all the stars that round her burn

And all the planets in their turn

Confirm the tidings as they roll

And spread the truth from pole to pole

What though in solemn silence all

Move round the dark terrestrial ball

What though no real voice nor sound

Amid the radiant orbs be found