The new-made trees in tears of amber run, Which, harden’d into value by the sun, Distil for ever on the stream below; The limpid streams their radiant treasure show Mix’d in the sand, whence the rich drops convey’d Shine in the dress of the bright Latian maid.
Cycnus, the son of Sthenelus, is deeply affected at the death of his friend and relation, Phaeton; and, in the midst of his lamentations, is metamorphosed into a swan.