Classic Poem

The bright broad sun in full meridian blaze,
Was the vast orbit of his mighty shield,
When vertical he flings his burning rays,
And to his heat both man and beast must yield;
Depainted plainly in that ample field,
Was a grim Giant of enormous size,
Who seem'd in strong right hand the sun to wield,
And 'gainst the stars to aim his high emprize,
His foot on solid earth, his head enshrin'd in skies.