Note 106 — Chapter XIV · THE SIGNIFICATION OF METEORS
J. M. Ashmand translation
Virgil has said almost the same thing in these beautiful lines:
“At si virgineum suffuderit ore ruborem Ventus erit: vento semper rubet aurea Phœbe.”—Georg. I, l. 430.
See also the whole passage, beginning at l. 424:
“Si vero Solem ad rapidum Lunasque sequentes Ordine respicies,” &c.