Lumen de Lumine, or A New Magicall Light

A gathering of geniuses and the ultimate goal of the Lyceum original: "Lycæi" — the school of Aristotle, used here to represent the pinnacle of philosophy and learning,
A place where no work should enter unless it is most holy.
A registry of heroes and the all-knowing offspring of the mind;
This is a living repository original: "Theca animata" — literally an "animated case," suggesting the library is a body housing the "soul" of human knowledge endowed with its own spirit.
The vast praise of Bodley, and the overflowing urn of the buried man,
Through which his death found life, and Death itself found its own end. The poet suggests that by founding the library, Bodley achieved immortality, thereby "killing" Death.
From here, Death, broken, took to flight; with its arrows spent,
Only an empty quiver remained in its hands.

No voice is equal to you: while you busied yourself with housing the Muses original: "Musas" — the Greek goddesses of the arts and sciences,
You accomplished something that speech itself does not know how to express.

It is a duty to acknowledge those

through whom you have succeeded.

original: "Pium est Agnoscere, per Quos profecisti." — A traditional Latin maxim emphasizing the importance of gratitude toward mentors and patrons.