And so thickly, that they quite shut out the sky.

This, the stars banked up with flowers—

Culled from all the aerial bowers

That behind the clouds are hid from mortal sight!

And they then with loving care

Decked the whole with colours rare,

Brought to beauty by their own resplendent light!

Viands, too, they brought and spread

On a table that with bread

And all delicatest dainties was agleam! [[124]]