All-drowsy Night, who in a car of jet,

By steeds of iron-grey, which mainly sweat

Moist drops on all the world, drawn through the sky,

The helps of darkness waited orderly.

First thick clouds rose from all the liquid plains;

Then mists from marishes, and grounds whose veins

Were conduit-pipes to many a crystal spring;

From standing pools and fens were following

Unhealthy fogs; each river, every rill

Sent up their vapours to attend her will