Yes, we’ll redeem the wasted time,

And to neglected studies flee;

We’ll build again the lofty rhyme,

Or live, Philosophy, with thee:

For reasoning clear, for flight sublime,

Eternal fame reward shall be;

And to what glorious heights we’ll climb,

The admiring crowd shall envying see.

Begin the song! begin the theme! -

Alas! and is Invention dead?