The village youth their glowing pæans sang;
And over all the dark blue heavens sublime,
Where from their sky-pavilions brightest shone
The ancient stars and constellations, hymned
By eldest bards—the sworded Titan named
Orion, with the starry sisterhoods,
Hyads and Pleïades in clusters bright.
Cradled amid your kindly influences,
The soft Ionian fancy wantoned wild
In warm voluptuous dreams of loveliness,