“March, Ages, without break!”

Time presses on!

You, of race Divine, Jove’s adopted Son,

High honours, great tasks await;

Swerve not at the call of Fate!

The arched world bows; the sea’s long currents raise

Glad crests; Heaven’s blue depths chant hymns of praise

For the good days coming. With one consent

The Universe prepares for merriment.

Winter was it? Now, ’tis Spring;