Though heaven denied success—their leader’s name
Has still ranked foremost in the rolls of fame;
Hence the Retreat, the theme of every tongue,
Through every age and clime incessant rung;
With Zenophon the bard adorned his lays,
And gave the mighty chief immortal praise.
With him the historian grac’d his proudest page,
And bade his glories live through every age:
Thus thine, O Porter, shall, in lays sublime
Of future poets, live through endless time;