Quelling from age to age the vital throb

In human hearts, Death shall not subjugate

The pulse that swells in his stupendous breast,

Or interdict his minstrelsy to sound

In thund’ring concert with the quiring winds;

But long as Man to parent Nature owns

Instinctive homage, and in times beyond

The power of thought to reach, bard after bard

Shall sing thy glory, Beatific Sea!