Turnes not to earth, but in myd aer dwels
Where while it hangth, if Boreas’ frosty flawes
With rigour rattle it, not to rayne it thawes,
But thunder, lightninges, ratling hayle, or[1465] snowe,
Sendes downe to earth, whence first it rose below:
But if fayre Phœbus with his countenaunce swete
Resolue it, downe the dew, or manna, sleete.[1466]
85.
(The manna dew, that in the easterne landes,
Excelth the labour of the bees small handes:)