Hero and Leander

Queen of the plaintive voice, the Torch resound

Witness of secret Loves, the Lover sing

On midnight billows borne to rapt'rous joys,

Veil'd from Aurora's eye; the realms relate,

By Ocean fever'd, join'd by Love.———I hear Leander dashing through the surge, I see

The glitt'ring Harbinger; benignant Light,

Fix'd by Olympus' King thy silver ray

Would grace the radiant spheres, auspicious Star,

Guardian of nuptial vows, for thine the task

To sooth the love-sick heart, ere hostil blasts

Howl'd o'er the deep, a whirlwind of despair:

Inspire the tale of woe, celestial Muse,

The Torch expiring falls, the Lover dies.