Around that altar which conceals beneath

The mighty master’s relics—for there was a doubt

If it were truly there that he was laid.

And there they found all the dull grave could keep

Of that Immortal. With no common awe

They bent o’er his dark cell, as it disclosed

Its treasure to the selfsame holy light

That gladdened oft of old the master’s heart,

And waked his heaven-eyed genius; while beneath

The shadowy splendour of that spacious dome