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.
