H ang in the beams of Phœbus' eye,

A nd never can be counted!

R ecount these numbers, numberless,

E re thou, her virtue canst express!

G reat wits, this count will cumber!

I nstruct thyself in numbering schools!

N ow Courtiers use to beg for fools;

A ll such as cannot number.

HYMN XXII.