Flowers of more mingled hue

Than her purfled scarf can shew, 995

And drenches with Elysian dew

(List, mortals, if your ears be true)

Beds of hyacinth and roses,

Where young Adonis oft reposes,

Waxing well of his deep wound, 1000

In slumber soft, and on the ground

Sadly sits the Assyrian queen.

But far above, in spangled sheen,