10/12 Hearken to the singing of the brooks, and fear not the rain of the fountains; so will the Naiades learn to love thee. The invited breezes of Daphne are Zephyrus and Auster; gentle ministers of life, they will gather sweets for thee; when Eurus blows, Diana is elsewhere hunting; when Boreas blusters, go hide, for Apollo is angry. The shades of the Grove are thine in the day; at night they belong to Pan and his Dryades. Eat of the Lotus by the brooksides sparingly, unless thou wouldst have surcease of memory, which is to become a child of Daphne. |