The gentle moon, the kindling sun,
The many stars are given,
As shrines to burn earth's incense on,
The altar-fires of heaven!


Friends' Intelligencer (11 October 1856)

John Greenleaf Whittier Quotes

The gentle moon, the kindling sun, The many stars are given, As shrines to burn earth's incense on, The altar-fires of heaven!

The gentle moon, the kindling sun, The many stars are given, As shrines to burn earth's incense on, The altar-fires of heaven!

The gentle moon, the kindling sun, The many stars are given, As shrines to burn earth's incense on, The altar-fires of heaven!

The gentle moon, the kindling sun, The many stars are given, As shrines to burn earth's incense on, The altar-fires of heaven!