The small Pleiades[196] maintain. We find,
Not far from them, the Lyre[197] but slightly join’d.
Next is the winged Bird,[198] that seems to fly
Beneath the spacious covering of the sky.
298Near the head of the Horse[199] lies the right hand of Aquarius, then all Aquarius himself.[200]
Then Capricorn, with half the form of beast,
Breathes chill and piercing colds from his strong breast,
And in a spacious circle takes his round;
When him, while in the winter solstice bound,
The sun has visited with constant light,