Thy lip shall feed till we expire,

In glowing love's consuming fire."

"Yes, I will come, maid of Peru!

Though Fate, yon soaring Andes threw,

Between my wish and thee my love,

That lofty barrier I'd remove;

And press to thee with Condor's flight,

To thee, to love, to life's delight.

N'er since these eyes beheld the day,

Have they seen aught, whose potent sway,