Eclogues

Virgil

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

  1. feed ye a bull now ripe to butt with horn,
  2. and scatter with his hooves the flying sand.”
DAMOETAS
  1. “Who loves thee, Pollio, may he thither come
  2. where thee he joys beholding; ay, for him
  3. let honey flow, the thorn-bush spices bear.”
MENALCAS
  1. “Who hates not Bavius, let him also love
  2. thy songs, O Maevius, ay, and therewithal
  3. yoke foxes to his car, and he-goats milk.”
DAMOETAS
  1. “You, picking flowers and strawberries that grow
  2. so near the ground, fly hence, boys, get you gone!