Of softest influence, at which the sprays,

Obedient all, lean'd trembling to that part

Where first the holy mountain casts his shade;

Yet were not so disordered; but that still

Upon their top the feather'd quiristers

Applied their wonted art, and with full joy

Welcomed those hours of prime, and warbled shrill

Amid the leaves, that to their jocund lays

Kept tenour; even as from branch to branch

Along the piny forests on the shore