Now came high Juno, lovely queen of heaven,
August in form; by whom were peacocks driven
Through the blue path which led unto the scene;
Her crown and sceptre graced her noble mien;
She, mother of great Mars, and Vulcan, too,
Bedoff’d her smiles, as solemnly she drew
Unto the place where stood the sorrowing nymphs,
And sigh’d whilst on the corpse she cast a glimpse.
In the first rank the famed Cybele was;
(The spouse of Saturn, who gain’d such applause