. . . . Vatem aspicies quse rape sub alta 

 Fata canit, foliisque notas et nomina mandat. 

 Qusecunque in foliis descripsit carmina virgo 

 Digerit in numerum atque antro seclusa relinquit 

 Ilia manent immorta locis neque ab ordine cedunt. 



VIRGIL. ^Eneid, iii. 443. 



Behold the Sibyl ! Her who weaves a long, 

 A tangled, full, yet sweetly-flowing song. 

 Wondrous her skill ; for leaf on leaf she frames 

 Unerring symbols and enduring names; 

 And as her nicely-measured line she binds, 

 For leaf on leaf a fitting place she finds ; 

 Their place once found, no more the leaves depart, 

 But fixed rest : such is her magic art. 



