II + 

An aged man is but a paltry thing, + 

A tattered coat upon a stick, unless + 

Soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing + 

For every tatter in its mortal dress, + 

Nor is there singing school but studying + 

Monuments of its own magnificence; + 

And therefore I have sailed the seas and come + 

To the holy city of Byzantium. + 