Eclogues

Virgil

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

reign o'er a world at peace. For thee, O boy,

first shall the earth, untilled, pour freely forth

her childish gifts, the gadding ivy-spray

with foxglove and Egyptian bean-flower mixed,

and laughing-eyed acanthus. Of themselves,

untended, will the she-goats then bring home

their udders swollen with milk, while flocks afield