The first baby ever to earth was born,

I kissed with my beams on its natal morn.

I made the dews sparkle, the tender buds bloom,

The air of the morning with sweets to perfume.

I love all the babies my sunbeams to see;

I love them and all of the babies love me.

The babies they hide from me always grow pale.

None can be rosy and happy and hale

But those that I nourish with warmth and with light;

E’en in the darkness I never leave quite;

I shine ’round the corners from planet and moon,

To whisper “Take courage, I’ll be with you soon.”

Then, touching the morning cloud, touching the hills,

I send out the twilight that wakens the rills.

And more and more pouring my sunbeams afar,

Till dew-drops are diamonds, and hid is each star;

I wake all the babies my glories to see.

I love them and all of the babies love me!