And from his downy pinions shakes perfume.

XXIX.

His name was Zephyrus; and next him sat

The beauteous goddess of the blooming year,

The constant partner of his rural state,

To heav’n and earth, to gods and mortals dear;

XXX.

Flora, bright pow’r, who sheds a thousand sweets

O’er thousand lands, what time her gifts appear,

What time her consort with his kisses greets