So sweet a sound, who to you now imparts?

Lo where engravèd by his hand yet lives

The name of Stella in yonder bay tree.

Happy name! happy tree! Fair may you grow

And spread your sacred branch, which honour gives,

To famous emperors; and poets crown.

Unhappy flock! that wander scattered now.

What marvel if through grief, ye woxen lean,

Forsake your food, and hang your heads adown?

For such a shepherd never shall you guide;