Offspring of Jove, Calliope, once more <br />To the bright Sun, thy hymn of music pour; <br />Whom to the child of star-clad Heaven and Earth <br />Euryphaessa, large-eyed nymph, brought forth; <br />Euryphaessa, the famed sister fair <br />Of great Hyperion, who to him did bear <br />A race of loveliest children; the young Morn, <br />Whose arms are like twin roses newly born, <br />The fair-haired Moon, and the immortal Sun, <br />Who borne by heavenly steeds his race doth run <br />Unconquerably, illuming the abodes <br />Of mortal Men and the eternal Gods. <br /> <br />Fiercely look forth his awe-inspiring eyes, <br />Beneath his golden helmet, whence arise <br />And are shot forth afar, clear beams of light; <br />His countenance, with radiant glory bright, <br />Beneath his graceful locks far shines around, <br />And the light vest with which his limbs are bound, <br />Of woof aethereal delicately twined, <br />Glows in the stream of the uplifting wind. <br />His rapid steeds soon bear him to the West; <br />Where their steep flight his hands divine arrest, <br />And the fleet car with yoke of gold, which he <br />Sends from bright Heaven beneath the shadowy sea.<br /><br />Percy Bysshe Shelley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/homer-s-hymn-to-the-sun/
