A healing touch and a holy drink,

A bright little heavenly knife,

And this Northern saint, who prays no prayers,

Brings back the soul from the spirit-winged stairs,[880]

And once more Minorcan Luiz’s dark eyes,

In whose depths the warmth of the tropics lies,

Rest calm[881] on the awe-stricken wife.

“Oh! dear Nordern saint![882] a shrine will I build,

Wild roses I’ll bring from afar,[883]

De jasmine, orange flower, wood tulips bright,