XXXIV. To Latona

The FUMIGATION from MYRRH.

DARK veil'd Latona, much invoked queen,

Twin-bearing Goddess, of a noble mien;

Cæantis great, a mighty mind is thine,

Offspring prolific, blest of Jove divine:

Phœbus proceeds from thee, the God of light, 5

And Dian fair, whom winged darts delight;

She in Ortygia's honor'd regions born,

In Delos he, which mountains high adorn.

Hear me, O Goddess, with propitious mind,

And end these holy rites, with aspect kind. 10

XXXV.