The work opens with personifications of Delight, Harmony, Grace, Love, Laughter, Revel, Sport, and Wonder; they are later joined by the ancient Greek deities Zephyrus and Aurora. Jonson's verse, heralding the coming of Spring, is lush and vibrant; the nineteenth-century critic and editor William Gifford called the masque "one of the most beautiful of Jonson's little pieces, light, airy, harmonious, and poetical in no common degree.
The work initiates with personifications like Delight, Harmony, Grace, Love, Laughter, Revel, Sport, and Wonder; these are later joined by ancient Greek deities Zephyrus and Aurora. Jonson's verse, heralding the arrival of Spring, is lush and vibrant; William Gifford, a nineteenth-century critic, characterized the masque as "one of Jonson's most beautiful small works, light, airy, harmonious, and poetic to a remarkable degree."