Virgin, too, thou seemedst with golden ringlets,420

Binding up thy robe with a saffron girdle.

So the softer graces of living please thee,

Robes ungirt and flowing in long profusion.

When in thy golden car thou wast drawn by lions,

Clad in flowing garments, the East beheld thee,425

All the vast expanse of the Indian country,

They who drink the Ganges and cleave the surface

Of snowy Araxes.

Seated on humble beast the old Silenus attends thee,