Hither, unheralded by voice of fame.
Except as a fair foreigner you came:
Light was the welcome that we had prepared —
Even our sympathies you scarcely shared;
Not as the artist whom our people knew —
As some fresh novice did we look on you.
Mark the great change!! Since that eventful night,
Only your wondrous art remains in sight.
Despite the fetters of a foreign tongue,
Jealousy round your matchless talent hung;