Adele + 

Adele! a name that kindled in the breast + 

Of France’s first-born of the fairest Muse + 

A flame in which a thousand colors fuse + 

And shame the April rainbows of the West; + 

But I can only stand upon the crest + 

Of Song’s most sacred Mount and bring excuse + 

That I have begged, and since the gods refuse, + 

I steal, and with the theft I thee invest, + 

A Sun or Moon of Song for all my oceans + 

Of purest love, an ornament at best⁠— + 

A bunch of stars⁠—a wreath for my emotions; + 

But if the gods with sisters dear are blest, + 

To me they all must come in joy or sorrow, + 

From me they all must steal, or beg, or borrow. + 