Fragment of an Ode to Maia

    May I sing to thee

    As thou wast hymnèd on the shores of Bai？？

    Or may I woo thee

    In earlier Sicilian？ or thy smiles 5

    Seek as they once were sought in Grecian isles

    By bards who died content on pleasant sward

    Leaving great verse unto a little clan？

    O give me their old vigour！ and unheard

    Save of the quiet primrose and the span 10

    Of heaven and few ears

    Rounded by thee my song should die away

    Content as theirs

    Rich in the simple worship of a day.