Farewell to thee, too, sweet friend that lightened my way;
Beloved creatures all, farewell! In death there is rest!
—Translated by Charles Derbyshire.
TO EDUCATION
That goddess of garnered ages that sows
For flowers of virtue perennial seeds,
As upward dispensing her light she goes,
Handfast the fatherland, too, she leads.
The breath of her quickening summons she blows
Like winds that bear life to the blossomless meads,