Cernere ludentem se circum, ludere cernit; Illum audire rudi matrem quoque voce vocantem, Et matrem sese dici dum murmurat, audit. Nec modo Virgintas fæcunda est arboris, ipsæ Sunt quoque fœcundæ frondes, quas excutit arbor. Nam simul ac supra latices cecidere tepentes, Insuper accessit Phœbei flamma caloris, Concipiunt, pariuntque: oriturque tenerrimius ales Nomine Canarius, qui pene exclusus in auras, Tenvis adhuc, cœlique rudis, crudusque labori Jam super extantes affectat scandere ramos, Et frondes, quarum una fuit. Nidum inde sub illis Collocat adversum Soli, cui pandere pennas Et siccare queat; latet hic, nullâque magistrâ Arte canit, matrisque replet concentibus aures. Adde quod affectus reddit genitricis eosdem, Utque puellari genitrix in pectore clausit, Hinc sylvæ austeros, teneros hinc Urbis amores, Sic amat hic sylvas, ut non fastidiat Urbes. Tecta colit, patiturque hominem, nec divitis aulæ Grande supercilium metuit sylvestris alumnus. Imo loco admonitus, vix aulicus incipit esse, Jam fit adulator, positum proferre paratus In statione melos, domini quod vellicet aurem. CARRARA. _Columbus_. {189} The Walking-Leaf would have been better than the Canary Bird. _Nared_.--VII. p. 67. A very distinguished son of Brahma, named Nared, bears a strong resemblance to Hermes or Mercury; he was a wise legislator, great in arts and in arms, an eloquent messenger of the Gods either to one another, or to favoured mortals, and a musician of exquisite skill. His invention of the _Vina_, or Indian lute, is thus described in the poem entitled _Magha_: "Nared sat watching from time to time his large _Vina_, which, by the impulse of the breeze, yielded notes that pierced successively the regions of his ear, and proceeded by musical intervals."--_Asiatic Researches_, Sir W. JONES.