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