# Ben Jonson, Hymn to Diana (from Cynthia’s Revels)

> Queen and huntress, chaste and fair,
> Now the sun is laid to sleep,
> Seated in thy silver chair,
> State in wonted manner keep:
> Hesperus entreats thy light,
> Goddess excellently bright.

Act 5, Scene 3 (Hesperus’s song), lines 1–6

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