When sun doth rise the stars do set

When sun doth rise the stars do set

Author: Roger Williams (1643)
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1 When sun doth rise the stars do set,
Yet there's no need of light:
God shines a sun most glorious,
When creatures all are night.

2 The very Indian boys can give
To many stars their name,
And know their course and therein do
Excel the English tame.

3 English and Indians, none enquire
Whose hand these candles hold,
Who gives these stars their names
More bright ten thousand fold.

Source: American Hymns Old and New #79

Author: Roger Williams

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First Line: When sun doth rise the stars do set
Author: Roger Williams (1643)
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Copyright: Public Domain

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American Hymns Old and New #79

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