"Thou madest self-sufficiency thy rule, Eschewing haughty wealth, O godlike Zeno, With aspect grave and hoary brow serene. A manly doctrine thine: and by thy prudence With much toil thou didst found a great new school, Chaste parent of unfearing liberty, And if thy native country was Phoenicia, What need to slight thee? Came not Kadmos thence, Who gave to Greece her books and art of writing?"