Along the crispèd shades and bowers

Revels the spruce and jocund Spring; 985

The Graces and the rosy-bosomed Hours

Thither all their bounties bring.

There eternal Summer dwells,

And west-winds with musky wing

About the cedarn alleys fling 990

Nard and cassia's balmy smells.

Iris there with humid bow

Waters the odorous banks, that blow