Armed in adamantine chains,

Lead me to the crystal mirrors,

Watering soft Elysian plains.

Mournful Cypress, verdant willow,

Gilding my Aurelia’s brows,

Morpheus, hovering o’er my pillow,

Hear me pay my dying vows.

Melancholy, smooth Mæaunder,

Swiftly purling in a round,

On thy margin lovers wander