Sat there aloft, conspicuous to the view!

XXVII.

The first, a youth of sweet and gentle mien,

With many a wreath and knotted garland crown’d;

Whose beauteous visage glow’d with charms serene,

And on whose shoulders purple wings were bound:

XXVIII.

These when he spreads, reviving Nature pours

Her copious treasures of immortal bloom;

Whilst through vast realms he scatters vernal stores,