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At the end of this prologue a shepherd appears and finishes the second octave with the couplet: State attenti, brigata; buono augurio; Poi che di cielo in terra vien Mercurio.
"Noi andavam per lo vespero attenti Oltre, quanto potean gli occhi allungarsi, Contra i raggi serotini e lucenti." Mr. Cary's "bright vespertine ray" is only a trifle better; but Mr. Wright's "splendour of the evening ray" is, in its simplicity, far preferable. Canto XXXI., line 131: LONGFELLOW. "Did the other three advance Singing to their angelic saraband."
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