When the siege and the assault were ceasèd at Troy, + 

When the burg had been broken, and burnt to ashes, + 

The wight that the trains of treason there laid + 

Was tried for his treachery, the truest on earth: + 

It was Éneas the Athel and his high kindred + 

Who kingdoms then conquered, and princes became + 

Of all the wealth, well-nigh, in the West Isles. + 

Sóon as the róyal Rómulus to Rome made his way, + 

That burg with great pomp then builded he first + 

And named it his own name, as now it is called: + 

Ticius in Tuscany townships founded, + 

Langobard in Lombardy lifted up homes, + 

And far o’er the French flood Felix Brutus + 

On many a bank full broad, Britain he set, + 

well fain. + 

War and woe and wonder + 

On that fair land have lain, + 

And oft both bliss and blunder, + 

Time and time again. + 