And the English version:
"Then sang the shepherds and nymphs of Diana,
Long live faire Oriana."
Mr. Oliphant, in his collection of poetry entitled La Musa Madrigalesca, is perhaps not far wrong when he says that the rhymes of the Orianas would "disgrace the veriest tyro in Grub Street;" but, nevertheless, I have extracted a few specimens, premising that they are the best I could find among the "twenty-five":—
1.
"Hence! stars, too dim of light;
You dazle but the sight;
You teach to grope by night;
See here the shepherd's star,
Excelling you so far.