Let Wisdom smile not on her conquered field
No rapture dawns, no treasure is revealed!
O, let her read, nor loudly, nor elate,
The doom that bars us from a better fate!
But, sad as angels for the good mans sin,
Weep to record, and blush to give it in!
[343] Reft, bereft; deprived.
[344] Saˊ-pi-ent, wise.
[345] Demˊ-i-god, a deified hero.
[346] I-beˊ-ri-a’s Piˊ-lot, Columbus. Iberia is an ancient name of Spain.