Follow Thy Fair Sun

1       Follow thy fair sun, unhappy shadow;
2           Though thou be black as night,
3           And she made all of light,
4     Yet follow thy fair sun, unhappy shadow.

5       Follow her, whose light thy light depriveth;
6           Though here thou liv'st disgrac'd,
7           And she in heaven is plac'd,
8     Yet follow her whose light the world reviveth.

9       Follow those pure beams, whose beauty burneth;
10         That so have scorched thee,
11         As thou still black must be,
12   Till her kind beams thy black to brightness turneth.

13     Follow her, while yet her glory shineth;
14         There comes a luckless night
15         That will dim all her light;
16   And this the black unhappy shade divineth.

17     Follow still, since so thy fates ordained;
18         The sun must have his shade,
19         Till both at once do fade,
20   The sun still proud, the shadow still disdained.