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Lyrics:

The full earth stands at our left hands
And the pale moon on the right
All fire and steel, our Catherine-wheel
Rolls through the endless night.
The sun may burn at full astern
And the power-cells drink deep;
Both day and night stand in our sight
From waking unto sleep.

Chorus:
And we spin long light from the glory of the sun,
Yes, we spin long light from the glory of the sun,
And the light-gems glow on the Earth below
In the bright web spun from the glory of the sun.

The powers run from the brazen sun
Through the web of heaven's height
To the opal world, like a clouded pearl
Strung on a thread of light.
And we pace our turn from bow to stern
Through the elven-summer field
Where the power-cells like flower bells
Drink all the sun can yield.

(Chorus)

The well-paced blips of the factory ships
Slide past our orbit's brink,
Like a swarm of bees in the girder trees
Come to our flowers to drink.
And the Earth is clean as a springtime dream;
No factory-smokes appear—
For they've left the land to the gardener's hand,
And they all are circling here!

(Chorus)