Against the sun the shadow went;
Five days, those five degrees, were lent,
To form our patience, and prepare the event.[46]
The second causes took the swift command,
The medicinal head, the ready hand,
All eager to perform their part;[47]
All but eternal doom was conquered by their art:
Once more the fleeting soul came back
To inspire the mortal frame;
And in the body took a doubtful stand,