So Set Its Sun in Thee

So Set Its Sun in Thee - meaning Summary

Longing Framed as Light

The speaker addresses a beloved as a sustaining source of light and orientation. If that person "sets its Sun in Thee," then days and distances lose their force; darkness and separation matter only insofar as they still permit glimpses of the beloved. The image of ships and a distant shore frames yearning and dependence: presence, even occasional, makes all absence bearable and meaningful.