The gods have made your marriage; let the feast

Be solemnized to-night; our good guests here

Whose zeal hath caused our joy, I have bid to share it.

Chorus.

We live well-ruled by an honoured king,

Beloved of the gods, in a happy isle;

Where merry winds of the gay sea bring

No foe to our shore, and the heavens smile

On a peaceful folk secure from fear,

Who gather the fruits of the earth at will,