Ode to Art (de' Sepolcri) Lyrics

E me che i tempi ed il desio d'onore Fan per diversa gente ir fuggitivo Me ad evocar gli eroi chiamin le Muse Del mortale pensiero animatrici Siedon custodi de sepolcri, e quando Il tempo con sue fredde ale vi spazza Fin le rovine, le Pimplée fan lieti Di lor canto i diserti, e l'armonia Vince di mille secoli il silenzio Translated from Italian to English: And me that the times and the desire of honor They make a fugitive for different people, I call the Muses to evoke heroes Of mortal thought animators. Siedon guardians of tombs, and when Time sweeps you with its cold wings Even the ruins, the Pimplee make happy Of their song the deserts, and the harmony Silence wins by a thousand centuries.