Lives on after death, to the world revealeth + 

What their true life was whose days are sped, + 

And in chronicles shines and in lays outpealeth. + 

Blooms Croesus’ kindness with petals unshed; + 

But Phalaris, ruthlessly joying in rending + 

Men’s lives from the tortured in brass glowing red, + 

He is compassed with infamy’s hate unending, + 

Nor lutes nor young voices in harmony blending + 

In the hall of the casters his name shall greet. + 

Best of all is fair fortune; yet fame is sweet. + 

Who wins both, life’s chief crowns all meet + 

To engarland his head. + 