This parasitic appendant wreathes the woods sometimes almost in darkness, especially in those immense tracts on the borders of the Mexican Gulf that consist entirely of Cypress.

Pure was the lustre of the orient ray, That joyful wak'd Alzira's nuptial day: 110 Her auburn hair, spread loosely to the wind, The virgin train, with rosy chaplets bind; The scented flowers that form her bridal wreathe, A deeper hue, a richer fragrance breathe.

Then let us cast aside these forlorne wreathes, And with our better fortunes change our habits.

ORCHESTRA (pianissimo) Drifting cloud and misty wreathes Are fill'd with light elysian; O'er reed and leaf the zephyr breathes So fades the fairy vision!

This parasitic appendant wreathes the woods sometimes almost in darkness, especially in those immense tracts on the borders of the Mexican Gulf that consist entirely of Cypress.