Hell has her wonder, though too proud to praise.

Is earth, then, more infernal? Has she those,

Who neither praise (Lorenzo!) nor admire?

Lorenzo’s admiration, pre-engaged,

Ne’er ask’d the moon one question; never held

Least correspondence with a single star;

Ne’er rear’d an altar to the Queen of Heaven

Walking in brightness; or her train adored.

Their sublunary rivals have long since

Engross’d his whole devotion; stars malign, 1650