To more than words, to more than worth of tongue,

Lorenzo! rise, at this auspicious hour;

An hour, when Heaven’s most intimate with man;

When, like a fallen star, the ray divine

Glides swift into the bosom of the just; 2425

And just are all, determined to reclaim;

Which sets that title high within thy reach.

Awake, then; thy Philander calls: awake!

Thou, who shalt wake, when the creation sleeps;

When, like a taper, all these suns expire;