StoryTitle("caps", "A Hymn in Praise of Neptune") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Of Neptune's empire let us sing, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "At whose command the waves obey; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "To whom the rivers tribute pay, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Down the high mountains sliding: ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "To whom the scaly nation yields ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Homage for the crystal fields ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "Wherein they dwell: ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And every sea-dog pays a gem ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Yearly out of his wat'ry cell ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "To deck great Neptune's diadem. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The Tritons dancing in a ring ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Before his palace gates do make ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The water with their echoes quake, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Like the great thunder sounding: ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The sea-nymphs chant their accents shrill, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And the sirens, taught to kill ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "With their sweet voice, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Make ev'ry echoing rock reply ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Unto their gentle murmuring noise ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The praise of Neptune's empery.", "") ?>
Poet("Thomas Campion", "1567?-1619") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>