Of that wild virgin goddess of the woods.

Nurse [to Diana]: O queen of forests, thou who dwell'st alone

On mountain tops, and thou who only art

Within their desert haunts adored, convert,

We pray, to better issue these sad fears.

O mighty goddess of the woods and groves,

Bright star of heaven, thou glory of the night,410

Whose torch, alternate with the sun, illumes

The sky, thou three-formed Hecate—Oh, smile,

We pray, on these our hopes; the unbending soul