[Pollute] with sinful blame,

The saintly veil of maiden white to throw;

Confounded, that her Maker’s eyes

Should look so near upon her foul deformities.

III.

But he, her fears to cease, 45

Sent down the meek-eyed Peace:

She, crowned with olive green, came softly sliding

Down through [the turning sphere],

His ready harbinger,