On heaven’s broad hearth! who burn, or burn no more,

Who blaze, or die, as Great Jehovah’s breath

Or blows you, or forbears; assist my song;

Pour your whole influence; exorcise his heart,

So long possess’d; and bring him back to man.

And is Lorenzo a demurrer still?

Pride in thy parts provokes thee to contest

Truths, which, contested, put thy parts to shame.

Nor shame they more Lorenzo’s head than heart,

A faithless heart, how despicably small! 1370