And breathe into his strains the power,

The rugged rocks to charm;

Breathe, breathe into my lyre's soft string,

And bid its music sweet notes fling,

For what O lyre, can thee withstand?

Touched by an Orpheus' magic hand,

Thou calm'st the tiger's wrath:

The listening woods thou draw'st along,

The rivers stay to hear thy song,

And listen still as death.