Trailing her silver glories through the night: 
 On the Earth’s orbit see the various signs,  
 Mark where the Sun, our year completing, shines;  
 First the bright Ram his languid ray improves;  
 Next glaring wat’ry thro’ the Bull he moves;  
 The am’rous Twins admit his genial ray;  
 Now burning, thro’ the Crab he takes his way; 
 The Lion, flaming, bears the solar power;  
 The Virgin faints beneath the sultry shower. 
      Now the just Balance weighs his equal force, 
 The slimy Serpent swelters in his course;  
 The sabled Archer clouds his languid face;  
 The Goat, with tempests, urges on his race;  
 Now in the water his faint beams appear,  
 And the cold Fishes end the circling year.