And longs, with old wood and old wine, to cheer 280
His quaking heart. The seasons which divide
Th’ empires of heat and cold; by neither claim’d.
Influenc’d by both; a middle regimen
Impose. Thro’ autumn’s languishing domain
Descending, nature by degrees invites 285
To glowing luxury. But from the depth
Of winter, when th’ invigorated year
Emerges; when Favonius flush’d with love,
Toyful and young, in every breeze descends