The fairest stars of all the heaven

Climb up, unseen, the effulgent steep.

Orion girds him with a flame;

And, king-like, from the eastward seas,

Comes Aldebaran, with his train

Of Hyades and Pleiades.

In far meridian pride, the Twins

Build, side by side, their luminous thrones;

And Sirius and Procyon pour

A splendor that the day disowns.