There, from that lowly cell as rose to light

The canonized remains of one whose mind

Hath been a worship to the eye of ages,

They were not seen thus coldly—time gave back

Its venerable honours registered

Deep in the heart of living Italy—

A crown of many-tinted sanctities.

Thy beauty, goodness, and pure innocence,

Thy faculty of vision, gift divine,

Rushed round thee as a glory—thou wert seen