SomesayhebidhisAurneasse
ThePolesofEarthtwidegreesandmore
FromtheSunsAxle;theywithlabourpushd[670]
ObliquethetricGlobe:SomsaytheSun
WasbidturnReinesfromthEquinoctialRode
LikedistahtoTauruswiththeSeavn
AtlantickSisters,andtheSpartanTwins
UptotheTropicCrab;thenaine[675]
ByLeoandtheVirginandtheScales,
AsdeepasCaprie,tinge
OfSeasonstoeachClime;elsehadtheSpring
PerpetualsmildohwithvernantFlours,
EqualinDaysandNights,excepttothose[680]
BeyondthePolarCircles;tothemDay
Hadunbenightedshon,whilethelowSun
Torepencehisdistahirsight
HadrouillthHorizon,andnotknown
OrEastorWest,whichhadforbidtheSnow[685]
FromcoldEstotiland,andSouthasfarr
BehMagellan.AtthattastedFruit
TheSun,asfromThyesteanBaurnd
Hiscourseintended;elsehowhadtheWorld
Inhabited,thoughsinless,morethennow,[690]
Avoidedpingcoldandscorgheate?
ThesegesintheHeavns,thoughslow,producd
LikegeonSeaandLand,sideralblast,
Vapour,andMist,andExhalationhot,
Corruptailent:NowfromtheNorth[695]
OfNorumbega,andtheSamoedshoar
BurstingthirbrazenDungeon,armdwithice
Andsnowandhaileandstustandflaw,
BoreasandC?ciasandArgestesloud
AndThrasciasrendtheWoodsandSeasupturn;[700]
Withadverseblastup-turnsthemfromtheSouth
NotusandAferblackwiththundrousClouds
FromSerraliona;thwartoftheseasfierce
ForthrushtheLev