When he of the forest, the god who hated,

Came on their love and changed with a look.

There on the shore, while they joyed and jested,

He in the shadows, unseen, espied

Her, like the goddess Diana breasted,

Him, like Endymion by her side.

VII

Lo! at a word, at a sign, their folded

Limbs and bodies assumed new form,

Hers to the shape of a tree were molded,