From those fair fruits shall flourish again
Through the nature of grain, which now in the ground
Is sown as clear seed; then the sun’s warm rays
In time of spring sprouts the life germ,
255 Awakes the world’s riches so that wondrous fruits,
The treasures of earth, by their own kind
Are brought forth again: that bird changeth likewise,
Old in his years, to youth again,
With fair new flesh; no food nor meat
260 He eateth on the earth save only a taste