Ah, for the spring, the spring,

And all fleet blossoming.

Michael Field, 1889.

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Ἐλθοντ' εξ ὀράνω πορφυρίαν [ἔχοντα] περθέμενον

χλάμυν.

Coming from heaven wearing a purple mantle.

From heaven he came,

And round him the red chlamys burned like flame.

J. A. Symonds.