"Or sweetest Shakspeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild." This is followed by three characteristic arias, "And ever, against eating Cares," "Orpheus himself may heave his Head," and "These Delights, if thou canst give,"--the last with chorus. Penseroso has a short chorus in plain but stately harmony ("There let the pealing Organ blow"), with pauses for the organ _ad libitum_, followed by the aria, "May at last my weary Age," and the majestic devotional fugued chorus, "These Pleasures, Melancholy, give!" which close the second part. The third part, "Il Moderato," is rarely given, and the work may well close with the fugue that so beautifully and harmoniously ends the second part. It opens with an aria in which Moderato tenders the sage advice:-- "Come, with native lustre shine, Moderation, grace divine, Whom the wise God of nature gave, Mad mortals from themselves to save. Keep as of old the middle way, Nor deeply sad nor idly gay; But still the same in look and gait, Easy, cheerful, and sedate, Keep as of old the middle way." With such didactic commonplaces as the above, Moderato commends temperance, health, contentment, frugality, equanimity, and chaste love, and bids them,-- "Come, with gentle hand restrain Those who fondly court their bane; One extreme with caution shunning, To another blindly running. Kindly teach how blest are they Who nature's equal rules obey, Who safely steer two rocks between, And prudent keep the golden mean." Thus Mr. Jennens's mild philosophy goes on, one of his verses, "As steals the Morn upon the Night," set to a brilliant tenor and soprano duet, followed by the closing chorus, "Thy Pleasures, Moderation, give," in full, broad, rich harmony. There needs no other proof of Handel's genius, than that he could link such Tupperisms to his grand measures. [27] Jennens was an amateur poet of the period, descended from a manufacturing family of Birmingham, from whom he inherited a large fortune. He lived on terms of close intimacy with Handel, and was mentioned in his will. He died Nov. 20, 1773.