HYMN
to
the
SUN
.
Set
by
Dr.
PURCEL
,
And
Sung
before
their
Majesties
On
New-Years-Day
,
1694.
I.
Light
of
the
World
,
and
Ruler
of
the
Year
,
With
happy
Speed
begin
Thy
great
Career
;
And
,
as
Thou
dost
thy
radiant
Journeys
run
,
Through
every
distant
Climate
own
,
That
in
fair
Albion
Thou
hast
seen
The
greatest
Prince
,
the
brightest
Queen
,
That
ever
sav'd
a
Land
,
or
blest
a
Throne
,
Since
first
Thy
Beams
were
spread
,
or
Genial
Power
was
known
.
II
.
So
may
Thy
Godhead
be
confest
;
So
the
returning
Year
be
blest
;
As
His
Infant
Months
bestow
Springing
Wreaths
for
William's
Brow
;
As
His
Summer's
Youth
shall
shed
Eternal
Sweets
around
Maria's
Head
.
From
the
Blessings
They
bestow
,
Our
Times
are
dated
,
and
our
Æra's
move
:
They
govern
,
and
enlighten
all
Below
,
As
Thou
dost
all
Above
.
III
.
Let
our
Hero
in
the
War
Active
and
fierce
,
like
Thee
,
appear
:
Like
Thee
,
great
Son
of
Jove
,
like
Thee
,
When
clad
in
rising
Majesty
,
Thou
marchest
down
o'er
Delos'
Hills
confest
,
With
all
Thy
Arrows
arm'd
,
in
all
Thy
Glory
drest
.
Like
Thee
,
the
Hero
does
his
Arms
imploy
,
The
raging
Python
to
destroy
,
And
give
the
injur'd
Nations
Peace
and
Joy
.
IV
.
From
fairest
Years
,
and
Time's
more
happy
Stores
,
Gather
all
the
smiling
Hours
;
Such
as
with
friendly
Care
have
guarded
Patriots
and
Kings
in
rightful
Wars
;
Such
as
with
Conquest
have
rewarded
Triumphant
Victors
happy
Cares
;
Such
as
Story
has
recorded
Sacred
to
Nassau's
long
Renown
,
For
Countries
sav'd
,
and
Battels
won
.
V.
March
Them
again
in
fair
Array
,
And
bid
Them
form
the
happy
Day
,
The
happy
Day
design'd
to
wait
On
William's
Fame
,
and
Europe's
Fate
.
Let
the
happy
Day
be
crown'd
With
great
Event
,
and
fair
Success
;
No
brighter
in
the
Year
be
found
,
But
That
which
brings
the
Victor
home
in
Peace
.
VI
.
Again
Thy
Godhead
We
implore
,
Great
in
Wisdom
as
in
Power
;
Again
,
for
good
Maria's
Sake
,
and
Our's
,
Chuse
out
other
smiling
Hours
,
Such
as
with
Joyous
Wings
have
fled
,
When
happy
Counsels
were
advising
;
Such
as
have
lucky
Omens
shed
O'er
forming
Laws
,
and
Empires
rising
;
Such
as
many
Courses
ran
,
Hand
in
Hand
,
a
goodly
Train
,
To
bless
the
great
Eliza's
Reign
;
And
in
the
Typic
Glory
show
,
What
fuller
Bliss
Maria
shall
bestow
.
VII
.
As
the
solemn
Hours
advance
,
Mingled
send
into
the
Dance
Many
fraught
with
all
the
Treasures
,
Which
Thy
Eastern
Travels
views
;
Many
wing'd
with
all
the
Pleasures
,
Man
can
ask
,
or
Heav'n
diffuse
:
That
great
Maria
all
those
Joys
may
know
,
Which
,
from
Her
Cares
,
upon
Her
Subjects
flow
.
VIII
.
For
Thy
own
Glory
sing
our
Soveraign's
Praise
,
God
of
Verses
and
of
Days
:
Let
all
Thy
tuneful
Sons
adorn
Their
lasting
Work
with
William's
Name
:
Let
chosen
Muses
yet
unborn
Take
great
Maria
for
their
future
Theme
:
Eternal
Structures
let
Them
raise
,
On
William's
and
Maria's
Praise
:
Nor
want
new
Subject
for
the
Song
;
Nor
fear
they
can
exhaust
the
Store
;
'Till
Nature's
Musick
lyes
unstrung
;
'Till
Thou
,
great
God
,
shalt
lose
Thy
double
Pow'r
;
And
touch
Thy
Lyre
,
and
shoot
Thy
Beams
no
more
.