SPEAKING PICTURE.

Do you see how the charming boy glows with a snowy face?

How his milky form shines in his bright cheeks?

Do you not see his clear little eyes, like glass?

They possess a whiteness like Parian marble Parian marble from the Greek island of Paros was the most highly prized stone for ancient sculptors because of its pure white color and translucency..

The boy’s years are green A common Latin metaphor for "fresh" or "vigorous" youth., and his youth is in bloom:

And his face has not yet learned to grow any beard.

Yet the boy is not without feathers, if you look at the rest,
He carries feathers on his feet and on his shoulder blades.

There is no need to run: he flies, swifter than the East Wind:

He is unable to stand still with a resting foot.

He slips from sight, so that he may appear new to them:

Thus by fleeing he returns, and by returning he flees.

His right hand holds a scythe, the other holds the flowing glass:

The glass vessel original: trulla, literally a scoop or ladle, here used to describe the bulb of an hourglass. marks the uncertain delays.

The sky is his cap, serving as a covering for his head: