Naples, too credulous, ah! boast no more <br />The sweet-voiced Siren buried on thy shore, <br />That, when Parthenope deceas'd, she gave <br />Her sacred dust to a Chalcidic grave, <br />For still she lives, but has exchanged the hoarse <br />Pausilipo for Tiber's placid course, <br />Where, idol of all Rome, she now in chains, <br />Of magic song both Gods and Men detains.<br /><br />William Cowper<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/epigram-to-leonora-singing-at-rome-2-translated-from-milton/
