Thus Diomedes. Venulus withdraws; + 

Unsped the service of the common cause. + 

Puteoli he passes, and survey’d + 

A cave long honour’d for its awful shade. + 

Here trembling reeds exclude the piercing ray, + 

Here streams in gentle falls through windings stray, + 

And with a passing breath cool zephyrs play. + 

The goatherd god frequents the silent place, + 

As once the wood nymphs of the sylvan race, + 

Till Appulus with a dishonest air, + 

And gross behaviour, banish’d thence the fair: + 

The bold buffoon, whene’er they tread the green, + 

Their motion mimics, but with jest obscene. + 

Loose language oft he utters; but ere long + 

A bark in filmy network binds his tongue. + 

Thus changed, a base wild olive he remains; + 

The shrub the coarseness of the clown retains. + 