The Evening Star

Song.

Good morning to you, Mary,

It glads me much to see thee once again;

What joy, since thee I’ve heard!

Heaven such beauty ever deign,

Mary of the vineyard!

Look! what is it, with twinkling light,

That brings such joy, serenely bright,

That turns the dusk again to light?—

’Tis the Evening Star!

What is it with purest ray,

That brings such peace at close of day,

That lights the traveller on his way?—

’Tis the Evening Star!

What is it, of purest holy ray,

That brings to man the promised day,

And peace?—

’Tis the Evening Star!