fecerat et pariter, forma sed dispare, Lunam, 45 aurorae noctisque duces; cunabula Tethys praebet et infantes gremio solatur anhelos caeruleusque sinus roseis radiatur alumnis. invalidum dextro portat Titana lacerto nondum luce gravem nec pubescentibus alte 50 cristatum radiis: primo clementior aevo fingitur et tenerum vagitu despuit ignem. laeva parte soror vitrei libamina potat uberis et parvo signatur tempora cornu. Tali luxuriat cultu. comitantur euntem 55 Naides et socia stipant utrimque caterva, quae fontes, Crinise, tuos et saxa rotantem Pantagiam nomenque Gelam qui praebuit urbi concelebrant, quas pigra vado Camerina palustri, quas Arethusaei latices, quas advena nutrit 60 Alpheus; Cyane totum supereminet agmen: qualis Amazonidum peltis exultat aduncis pulchra cohors, quotiens Arcton populata virago Hippolyte niveas ducit post proelia turmas, seu flavos stravere Getas seu forte rigentem 65 Thermodontiaca Tanaim fregere securi; aut quales referunt Baccho sollemnia Nymphae Maeoniae, quas Hermus alit, ripasque paternas percurrunt auro madidae: laetatur in antro amnis et undantem declinat prodigus urnam. 70 Viderat herboso sacrum de vertice vulgus Henna parens florum curvaque in valle sedentem * * * * * Page 323 though diverse was her shape--of sun and moon that bring the dawning and the night. Tethys affords them a cradle and soothes in her bosom their infant sobs; the rosy light of her foster-children irradiates her dark blue plains. On her right shoulder she carried the infant Titan, too young as yet to vex with his light, and his encircling beams not grown; he is pictured as more gentle in those tender years, and from his mouth issues a soft flame that accompanies his infant cries. The moon, his sister, carried on Tethys’ left shoulder, sucks the milk of that bright breast, her forehead marked with a little horn.