A day has passed…
A day has passed as Birds sing a song.
Has thou worshipped like them and theirs Anthem?
Has thou let guide thouself , just as them?
And waken up thy Highness, ‘t glorious Sun.
With thy Morning Walk the river along,
That before day has broken follows the Stream,
That thou has chosen for God’s Realm;
With thy Stepping-Song the river along.
Or be it, thou has slept the Morning Come,
And light that thou has not lit seek,
An be it Nighted in a soul asleep.
Thy Torch must be timely to the Sun
And then will she be lit, on Day’s Break
And be it Day, in a soul awake.
