Be he a boy among boys, or a man among men, or again + 

An elder mid elders, as places in life’s race-course appertain + 

Unto humankind⁠—yea, four be the excellences attending + 

Each life, and to each as it comes all heed should a man be lending. + 

Thou art lacking in none. Farewell, friend! Lo, unto thee am speeding + 

The Muses’ honey; and blended therewith is milk white-beading + 

With fairy bubbles the foam of whose mingling mantles around + 

A chalice of song ushered in by Aeolian flutes’ sweet sound, + 