For my invention by your worth was ray'd,

My fancy rais'd, enliv'ned, and inspir'd,

That my quick muse my agile hand has tir'd,

Nay, more, methinks I might unchidden call

40You subject-object of this poem all;

And all in this acknowledgement may trim

You pros'd this poem but 'twas vers'd by him

Who styles himself your servant,

N. W.

To Sra Inconstanza Bellarizza.] Who she was is a question much less answerable than 'Whose Song the Sirens sang?'