All this he knew⁠—thus ever strove

Deep Nature’s lore to guess.

Now, reft of reason’s light, he lies,

And bonds his neck oppress;

While by the heavy load constrained,

His eyes to this dull earth are chained.

Alas! in what abyss his mind Is plunged, how wildly tossed! Still, still towards the outer night She sinks, her true light lost, As oft as, lashed tumultuously By earthborn blasts, care’s waves rise high.