text:  Heavenly o'er the startled Hell Holy where the Accursed dwell O Thracian went thy silver song! Grim Minos with unconscious tears Melts into mercy as he hears-- The serpents in Megara's hair Kiss as they wreathe enamour'd there; All harmless rests the madding thong;-- From the torn breast the Vulture mute Flies scared before the charmed lute-- Lull'd into sighing from their roar The dark waves woo the listening shore-- Listening the Thracian's silver song!-- Love was the Thracian's silver song! Blessed through love are the Gods above-- Through love like a God may man be; Heavenlier through love is the heaven above-- Through love like a heaven earth can be! Through Nature blossom-strewing _One_ footstep we are viewing One flash from golden pinions!-- If from Heaven's starry sea If from the moonlit sky; If from the Sun's dominions Look'd not Love's laughing eye; Then Sun and Moon and Stars would be Alike without one smile for me! But oh wherever Nature lives Below around above-- Her happy eye the mirror gives To thy glad beauty Love! Love sighs through brooklets silver-clear Love bids their murmur woo the vale; Listen O list! Love's soul ye hear In his own earnest nightingale