Lord over every lord, His consecrating word An earthly prince awaits; Lift then your heads, ye gates!

Some watchers on the hill Wide-eyed await the dawn; Some workers in the mill Wearying are toiling on; Clocks chime, and the night goes Slowly it lighter grows.

Man rules alike at home and in the field, Nor is in foreign climes without resource; Him conquest crowneth, him possession gladdens, And him an honorable death awaits.

The great Garrick said: "I do not depend upon that inspiration which idle mediocrity awaits."

Though for the soul a lovely Heaven awaits, Through years of woe, The Paradise with angels in its gates Is Long Ago.

In the midst of such miseries did the unfortunate Adelantado await from day to day the arrival of his brother.