Initium Novum

From afar your shining mien I have espied with Ero’s awe; And though I’ve with wobbles Your fine shores trodden raw, That testing main I now must Tour with unhesitating resolve; And feast on your tartest crust. As peregrinating king of the sky His regal gyre at last completes, And as old voyage yields to new, Your lone disciple cedes deceits And throbs that blest sages slew. With naught but puerile allegiance And steeliest zeal for salient ways, He pledges every unflagging loyalty Till the close of his meliorating days.