Round the earth and ocean blue,

His children four the Seasons flew.

First, in green apparel dancing,

The young Spring smiled with angel grace;

Rosy Summer next advancing,

Rushed into her sire’s embrace:—

Her bright-haired sire, who bade her keep

For ever nearest to his smiles,

On Calpe’s olive-shaded steep,

On India’s citron-covered isles: