As Shadows Cast by Cloud and Sun

As sha­dows cast by cloud and sun

Flit o’er the sum­mer grass

So

in Thy sight

Al­migh­ty One

Earth’s ge­ne­ra­tions pass.

And as the years

an end­less host

Come swift­ly press­ing on

The bright­est names that earth can boast

Just glist­en and are gone.

Yet doth the star of Beth­le­hem shed

A lus­ter pure and sweet;

And still it leads

as once it led

To the Mes­si­ah’s feet.

O Fa­ther

may that ho­ly star

Grow ev­ery year more bright

And send its glo­ri­ous beams afar

To fill the world with light.