Accused,—our learning’s fate,—of wizardry,

Rebellion, to the setting up a rule

And creed prodigious as described to me.

His death, which happened when the earthquake fell

(Prefiguring, as soon appeared, the loss

To occult learning in our lord the sage

Who lived there in the pyramid alone)

Was wrought by the mad people—that’s their wont!

On vain recourse, as I conjecture it,

To his tried virtue, for miraculous help—