On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
To satisfy the waste and desolate ground;
And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?”
“Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades,
Or loose the bands of Orion?
Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season?
Or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?”[[251]]
From “Song of Songs”
For beauty of expression read also the description of spring-time, from the “Song of Songs”:—
“Lo, the winter is past,