Thus by her death she was adjudged
To give what in her life she grudged.
[XVI.] THE TREES PROTECTED.
The gods took certain trees (th’ affair
Was some time since) into their care.
The oak was best approved by Jove,
The myrtle by the queen of love;
The god of music and the day
Vouchsafed to patronise the bay;
The pine Cybele chanced to please,