And quaint Priapus with his company,
All came, much wondering how the enwombèd rocks
Could have brought forth so beautiful a birth;—
Her love subdued their wonder and their mirth."
[This section begins, in more sprightly mood, with trills on the solo violin against a staccato figure in the wood-wind.]
(E)
"For she was beautiful: her beauty made
The bright world dim, and everything beside