14. Of the interminable sisters,

Of the ceaseless cotillions of sisters,

Of the centriiDctal and centrifugal sisters, the elder and younger sisters,

The beautiful sister we know dances on with the rest.

15. With her ample back toward every beholder,

With the fascinations of youth, and the equal fascinations of age.

Sits she whom I too love like the rest — sits undisturbed.

Holding up in her hand what has the character of a mirror, while her eyes glance back from it.

Glance as she sits, inviting none, denying none.

Holding a mirror day and night tirelessly before her own face.

16. Seen at hand, or seen at a distance.

Duly the twenty-four appear in public every day.

Duly approach and pass with their companions, or a companion.

Looking from no countenances of their own, but from the countenances of those who are with them,

From the countenances of children or women, or the manly countenance.

From the open countenances of animals, or from inanimate things.

From the landscape or waters, or from the exquisite apparition of the sky.

From our countenances, mine and yours, faithfully returning them,

Every day in public appearing without fail, but never twice with the same companions.