IX + 

Compassion now or wrath inspires + 

And now philanthropy his soul, + 

And now his youthful heart desires + 

The path which leads to glory’s goal. + 

His harp beneath that sky had rung + 

Where sometime Goethe, Schiller sung, + 

And at the altar of their fame + 

He kindled his poetic flame. + 

But from the Muses’ loftiest height + 

The gifted songster never swerved, + 

But proudly in his song preserved + 

An ever transcendental flight; + 

His transports were quite maidenly, + 

Charming with grave simplicity. + 