Of simple chant, and varied lays;
Nor fit for virgin ears our songs,
Nor handed down from ancient days:
Fresh flows the strain we pour to thee,
Patron of joy and minstrelsy! —J. A. St. John.
Alcæus. (Book xiv. § 23, p. 1000.)
Glitters with brass my mansion wide;
The roof is deck'd on every side
In martial pride,