"Here is a hearth, and resinous logs, here fire

Unstinted, and doors black with ceaseless smoke.

Here heed we Boreas' icy breath as much

As the wolf heeds the number of the flock,

Or furious rivers their restraining banks."

"The junipers and prickly chestnuts stand,

And 'neath each tree lie strewn their several fruits,

Now the whole world is smiling, but if fair