Rolls, and what hope of parting from the press

Of waves, a single wave through weariness

Gently lifted aside, laid upon shore?

My life must be lived out in foam and roar,

No question. Fifty years the province held

Taurello; troubles raised, and troubles quelled,

He in the midst—who leaves this quaint stone place,

These trees a year or two, then not a trace

Of him! How obtain hold, fetter men's tongues

Like this poor minstrel with the foolish songs—