112 THE LAST WORDS OF COPERNICUS

HOME 1991 Denson Revision to the Cooper book version of this tune
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Ye golden lamps of heaven, farewell,
With all your feeble light,
Farewell thou ever-changing moon,
Pale empress of the night.

(fugue)
And thou refulgent orb of day
In brighter flames arrayed,
My soul that springs beyond thy sphere
No more demands thy aid.