And in a trusting loyalty of thought,

So let it be received!—a soldier’s hand

Bears to the breast of no ungenerous land

A seed of foreign shores. O’er this fair clime,

Since Tara heard the harp of ancient time,

Hath song held empire; then, if not with fame,

Let the green isle with kindness bless his aim,

The joy, the power, of kindred song to spread,

Where once that harp “the soul of music shed!”

TO GIULIO REGONDI,