Of what we feel, and what does us befall.
Soul of the world, knowledge, without thee
What hath the earth that truly glorious is?
Why should our pride make such a stir to be;
To be forgot? What good is like to this,
To do worthy the writing, and to write
Worthy the reading, and the world’s delight!
You mighty lords, that with respected grace,
Do at the stern of fair example stand;
And all the body of this populace,