"Roman, that moves thy breast to know the fates?

Long has Parnassus and its silent cleft

Stifled the god; perhaps the breath divine

Has left its ancient gorge and thro' the world

Wanders in devious paths; or else the fane,

Consumed to ashes by barbarian (14) fire,

Closed up the deep recess and choked the path

Of Phoebus; or the ancient Sibyl's books