Farewell to the Sun
 
 

Faarewell O Sun, ever-returning Light,
The hidden God, who ever yet remains,
He now departs to the Land of Youth
Through the Gates of Death
To dwell enthroned,
the judge of gods and men.
The horned leader of the hosts of air.

Yet, as he stands unseen without the circle,
So dwelleth he within the secret seed -
The seed of new-reaped grain,
the seed of flesh;
Hidden inearth,
The marvelous seed of the stars,
In him is Life,
and Life is the Light of man,
that which was never born and never dies.

Therefore the Wise Ones weep not,
but rejoice!
 
 
 

                                       Doreen Valiente