They sought for no excuse, but came at once—
Garb’d in their glory—through the vast expanse
Of heav’n, and ’lighted on the plain, whereat
The great musician and fair Daphne sat.
First, Jupiter (Jehovah of the skies,
Whose silver hair, in ringlets, reach’d his thighs;
And round his waist, most splendid to behold,
Were jointed girdles wrought of solid gold,
And golden shoes, protectors of his feet,
Enhanced the splendour of his manly gait: