Up to the top of lofty Cancers back,

The ycie Ocean cracks, the frozen pole

Thaws with the heat of the Celestial coale;

So when thy absent beams begin t' impart

Again a Solstice on my frozen heart,

My winter 's ov'r; my drooping spirits sing,

And every part revives into a Spring.

But if thy quickening beams a while decline,

And with their light bless not this Orb of mine,

A chilly frost surpriseth every member,