His eagle eyes were now bedimm’d with tears,—

He mourn’d for him he’d known a thousand years;

And more than once his sighs were loud indeed:

In his sad countenance the heart could read

Th’ amount of sorrow his grave breast contained;

His strength of mind increasing tears restrained;

And to denote his senatorial rights,

Brought down with him his seven satellites:

He, punctual as to time, was at his post,—

There murm’ring forth “O Bacchus, Bacchus, lost”