Eftsoones they heard a most melodious sound,

Of all that mote delight a daintie eare,

Such as att once might not on living ground,

Save in this Paradise, be heard elswhere:

Right hard it was, for wight, which did it heare,

To read, what manner musicke that mote bee:

For all that pleasing is to living care,

Was there consorted in one harmonie,

Birdes, voyces, instruments, windes, waters, all agree.

The joyous birdes, shrouded in cheareful shade,