Eclogues

Virgil

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

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

shall of the monstrous lion have no fear.

Thy very cradle shall pour forth for thee

caressing flowers. The serpent too shall die,

die shall the treacherous poison-plant, and far

and wide Assyrian spices spring. But soon