The greatest show on Earth br (non stop twenty four hours around the world) br Begins with a curtain-rise br of soft pink cloud br and a blare of golden trumpets; br The Sun's rebirth br we have seen it all before br we don't even bother to get out of bed, br or, if we're up already, we take heed br only to see will it be fine today br for our trip to the shore, br or the mountains; will it rain br for the school picnic, br will the races go on br or the test match be postponed? br And yet, one day, if the br sun should not rise, br what a loud refrain br of despair and horror br would run, br circling the whole Earth br as each place found br that today the golden trumpets br would not sound, br and the show was over! br We should think of each day br as our last for seeing the sun.