Eclogues

Virgil

Vergil. The Poems of Vergil. Rhoades, James, translator. London: Oxford University Press, 1921.

  1. with yellow marigold. I too will pick
  2. quinces all silvered-o'er with hoary down,
  3. chestnuts, which Amaryllis wont to love,
  4. and waxen plums withal: this fruit no less
  5. shall have its meed of honour; and I will pluck
  6. you too, ye laurels, and you, ye myrtles, near,
  7. for so your sweets ye mingle. Corydon,
  8. you are a boor, nor heeds a whit your gifts
  9. alexis; no, nor would Iollas yield,
  10. should gifts decide the day. Alack! alack!