Yes, See, See What I Collected? Poem by Emmanuel George Cefai

Yes, see, see what I collected?
I, that sung, so nobly and so bravely,
Burst my heart years ago
And now
Trudge with a loss of breath each every day
What have I got?
What won?
The verses and the song remain.
And must I stand and fall by them
And what I thought and asserted:
In science, philosophy, and more:
I, that labored so nobly and so bravely:
So far can I say
The rest to the third parties leave.