Now constellations, Muse! and signs rehearse,
In order let them sparkle in thy verse;

First Aries, glorious in his golden wool,
looks back, and wonders at the mighty Bull,
Whose hind parts first appear; he bending lies,
With threatening head, and calls the Twins to rise.
They clasp for fear and mutual embrace,
and next the Twins, with unsteady pace,
bright Cancer rolls, then Leo shakes his mane,
And following Virgo calms his rage again.
Then the days and nights are weighed in Libra's scales,
Equal awhile, at last the night prevails,
And longer grown the heavier scale inclined,
And draws bright Scorpio from the water sign,
Then Sagittarius, the Centaur, follows with an aiming eye,
His bow full drawn and ready to fly,
Next narrow horns, the twisted Capricorn shows,
And from Aquairus' urn a flood over flows,
Near the lov'd waves, cold Pisces takes his seat,
With Aries join, and makes the round complete.

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