From this source Art drinks, so that it may support languishing Nature.

Having tried it, we learn:

What Nature alone does not dare,

And what Art alone cannot do,

Nature is able to do with Art, and it dares to do it.

Truly, both would fail, unless this fountain provided:

THE BEAUTIFUL FOUNTAIN original: "FONS PULCHER"

Waters, Spirits, and Strength.

While this water flows, the lifeless Aeolus is animated,

In Greek mythology, Aeolus is the ruler of the winds. Here, the author refers to the pneumatic power of air moved by water, used to drive mechanical devices.

And he breathes:

While this water drips, the daughters of Phaethon melt, even though they are cast in bronze,

The daughters of Phaethon, or Heliades, were transformed into trees and wept tears of amber in myth. Schott is describing hydraulic statues designed to look like they are weeping.

And they weep:

As this water glides in, the alternating bellows are inflated and deflated,

And the organs resound:

A reference to the water-organ or hydraulis, which used water pressure to provide a steady supply of air to organ pipes.

As this water leaps forth, the statues of the Gods are sprinkled,

And they dance.

original: "tripudiant." This refers to hydraulic automata, or mechanical statues, that moved or "danced" when water flowed through them.

In a word,

I will say much in a few words:

WHATEVER IT IRRIGATES GROWS,

WHATEVER IT WASHES FLOURISHES,

THE BEAUTIFUL FOUNTAIN.

This is why the astonished stand amazed;

And the envious look on with difficulty,

BY THIS FOUNTAIN,

The laurels are green, and the Muses flourish.