Eclogues

Virgil

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

  • and Linus fair Apollo. Nay, though Pan,
  • with Arcady for judge, my claim contest,
  • with Arcady for judge great Pan himself
  • should own him foiled, and from the field retire.
  • Begin to greet thy mother with a smile,
  • o baby-boy! ten months of weariness
  • for thee she bore: O baby-boy, begin!