See! to the shady grove he wings his way,

And feels in hope the raptures of the day -

Eager he looks: and soon, to glad his eyes,

From the sweet bower, by nature form’d, arise

Bright troops of virgin moths and fresh-born butterflies;

Who broke that morning from their half-year’s sleep,

To fly o’er flowers where they were wont to creep.

Above the sovereign oak, a sovereign skims,

The purple Emp’ror, strong in wing and limbs:

There fair Camilla takes her flight serene,