Eclogues

Virgil

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

  1. to out-sing Phoebus?
MENALCAS
  1. Do you first begin,
  2. good Mopsus, whether minded to sing aught
  3. of Phyllis and her loves, or Alcon's praise,
  4. or to fling taunts at Codrus. Come, begin,
  5. while Tityrus watches o'er the grazing kids.
MOPSUS
  1. Nay, then, I will essay what late I carved