Brow-furrowed old age, youth's hollow cheek—

Diseased in the body, sick in soul,

Pinched poverty, satiate wealth,—your whole

Array of despairs! Have I read the roll?

All here? Attend, perpend! O Star

Of my God Rephan, what wonders are

In thy brilliance fugitive, faint and far!

Far from me, native to thy realm,

Who shared its perfections which o'erwhelm

Mind to conceive. Let drift the helm,