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,